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The Macmillan Company, New York

Obstetrical Nursing: A Text-Book on the Nursing Care of the Expectant Mother, the Woman in Labor, the Young Mother and Her Baby

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Title: Obstetrical Nursing: A Text-Book on the Nursing Care of the Expectant Mother, the Woman in Labor, the Young Mother and Her Baby
Author: R.N. Carolyn Conant van Blarcom
Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York
Published: 1928
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 2nd edition
Number of Pages: 575
Catalogs: Nursing History, Medicine, Textbooks
Description: Second edition, revised. Richly illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings, and diagrams. Original dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Some scuffing and loss of texture on both boards. Spine ends are faded and frayed. Notations in pencil and ink on pastedown and flyleaf. Lightly dampstained at fore-edge of early pages. With an introduction by J. Whitridge Williams, M.D. This book discusses anatomy and physiology with respect to obstetrics, the development of the baby, care of the expectant mother, including possible health complications, the birth of the baby, the aftercare of the mother, maternity care in the community, and care of the baby, including common disorders and abnormalities of early infancy. Carolyn Conant van Blarcom was the assistant superintendent and instructor in obstetrical nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses. From the nursing history collection of Sarah Abrams. Hardcover, acceptable condition, dampstained. 575 pages, octavo.