Hamilton, Female Complaints, 1792

A Treatise on the Management of Female Complaints, and of Children in Early Infancy. By Alexander Hamilton, M.D. Professor of Midwifery in the University, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society, of Edinburgh, &c. Edinburgh: Printed for Peter Hill; and John Murray, London. MDCCXCII. (1792) 
 
Octavo in full brown 18th century tree calf with red title label on spine. Boards a bit scuffed and chipped. Small loss at head of spine. Approximately 1 x 1 inch area of loss at foot of spine. Joints and hinges starting to crack. Prior dealer’s penciled annotations on front paste down and ffep. Bookplate (“Ex Libris John Studd”) on front paste down. Text block clean, bright, and tight throughout. 
 
Ffep, title – xx, 549, rfep. 
 
Not in G-M. Heirs 1033: “Alexander Hamilton (1739 – 1802). Although the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary appointed its first professor of midwifery in 1726, it was not until 1783 that Alexander Hamilton actually established the Edinburgh School of Midwifery, complete with a separate maternity hospital. Hamilton was the first to distinguish and describe uterine and vaginal discharge and he promoted the concept of the perineum as supporting the pelvic structure.”