Details

Subjects:

Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800.
Obstetrics.
Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Study and teaching.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Lecture notes.
Manuscripts, English.
Manuscripts, European.

Summary:

Appears to be a fair copy of lecture notes on obstetrics. The unidentified author cites as authorities Smellie, Ould, Heister, Watts, Cadogan, and others. Particular cases described are from London or elsewhere in England.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption heading (f. 2r).
Foliation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 218 + ii (modern paper); [1-218]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Binding: Modern quarter leather. Old water damage on the margins of the leaves; leaves are brittle, a few are torn.
Origin: Probably written in England, in the last quarter of the 18th century (the latest authors cited were published in the 1770s).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia (stamp, f. 2r).
Sold by Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts, 1999.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 802

OCLC:

155992789