Accouchement

1820 · Best.-Nr. 20059 — Berlin: Friedrich Nicolai 1820. First Edition. Contemporary marbled paper over paste paper boards. Good; bindings are worn with abraded spines; some spotting and minor tide mark on a few pages in vol 1. A small 19th century gum label of ownership is on each title page: Dr. med. d'Outrepont in Wurzburg. 8vo I - lxiii 1 - errata 2 3 - 308 2 - printer's slug; II - xl 4 5 - 578 2 - errata pp. 4 folding lithographic plates. A remarkable book based on the author's original observations. Wigand suffered from bad health throughout his relatively short career and died just before this book his life's achievement was published under the editorial direction of Franz Naegele he also added an introduction pp. xix - xlviii. The book itself is a very detailed look at the mechanics of birth and the problems that ensue. Later in his career Naegele would write on the same topic and issue a well regarded work G-M #6257 on a related subject. Wigand however disappeared from the historical record. See Kerr et al Hist. Rev. British Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1800-1950 p. 183: "Wigand . gave a good description of primary inertia which he called uterine atony and of secondary inertia which he termed 'lassitudo exhaustio' or paralysis uteri ." ; Hirsch V p. 930; see Naegele's entry in Hagelin The Woman's Booke. Friedrich Nicolai hardcover books