PROFESSOR OF MIDWIFERY, AND THE DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, IN THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE AT
PHILADELPHIA; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL
SOCIETY, AND OF THE COUNCIL; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF

PHILADELPHIA; LATE ONE OF THE PHYSICIANS TO THE LYING-IN
DEPARTMENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL;

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by

LEA AND BLANCHARD,

in the ace of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA:

T. K. AND P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.

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TO THE

STUDENTS OF MY CLASS,

IN THE

SESSION OF 1846-7,

THIS VOLUME

IS RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY

Dedicated,

BY

THEIR GRATEFUL FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.