Mar 16, 2006 - Sale 2072

Sale 2072 - Lot 198

Price Realized: $ 690
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
SIEGEMUNDIN, JUSTINE. Die Königl. Preussische und Chur-Brandenb. Hof-Wehe-Mutter. 43 engraved obstetrical plates. [40], 348, [12] pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. 4to, contemporary calf, unobtrusively varnished, joints worn and starting; contents toned. Bookplate of G. N. J. Sommer, M.D. Berlin: Christian Friedrich Bock, 1756
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Important German obstetrical manual first published in 1690. "With Mauriceau, Justine Siegemundin was responsible for introducing the practice of puncturing the amniotic sac to arrest haemorrhage in placenta praevia. She was midwife to the Court of the Elector of Brandenburg, and the most celebrated of the German midwives of the 17th century"--Garrison-Morton 6149 (original edition). Cutter & Viets, pages 95-96.