Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery. By Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. Professor of midwifery in the university, and member of... [One line in Latin]

"THE first rude production of an author unused to publication, requires frequent revisal and copious alterations; but, in another view, this WORK is materially different. In the earlier stages, the Author imagined, that Midwifery was in a great measure Empirical; and that its principles were few, vague, and uncertain. His opinions were not peculiar; and if he erred, he erred with the greatest and most successful practitioners. But he has since found, that, though in many respects uncertain, the Theory of Midwifery deserved his attention, as it might often direct the Practice; and that its imperfections were not greater than those of the Theory of Medicine in general, which have not been thought of sufficient consequence to preclude the attention of physicians."
This is an edition of a classical book first published in the eighteenth century.