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An essay on the means of lessening pain, and facilitating certain cases of difficult parturition / By William P. Dewees, lecturer on midwifery, in Philadelphia. ; [Two lines in Latin from Horace].

Author/creator Dewees, William P. (William Potts), 1768-1841
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed for the author by John H. Oswald, 1806.
Description95 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorAndrews, John, 1746-1813.
Other author/creatorShippen, William, Jr., 1736-1808 dedicatee.
Other author/creatorRush, Benjamin, 1746-1813, dedicatee.
Other author/creatorWistar, Caspar, 1761-1818, dedicatee.
Other author/creatorWoodhouse, James, 1770-1809, dedicatee.
Other author/creatorBarton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815, dedicatee.
Other author/creatorPhysick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837, dedicatee.
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 10282. ^A575643
General note"An inaugural dissertation, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. provost, (pro tem.) the trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806."--p. [3]
General noteDedicated to Drs. William Shippen, Benjamin Rush, Caspar Winstar, James Woodhouse, Benjamin Smith Barton, and Philip Syng Physick.
General noteLast page blank.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 10282
References Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 663
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 10282).
Genre/formAcademic dissertations.
Other titleAn inaugural dissertation, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. provost, (pro tem.) the trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806.

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