A dissertation on the structure of the obstetric forceps : pointing out its defects, and especially of those with double curved blades: at the same time, shewing particularly the safe application of those with single curved blades, as geometrically proportioned and constructed: and likewise, shewing the necessity and good effects of several new forms of the single curved blade, as the narrow, fanged and reflected, in certain cases of retarded labors: together with cautions, remarks, and reflections on the conduct and management of labors in general / By R. Rawlins, surgeon, Oxford.

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Credit: A dissertation on the structure of the obstetric forceps : pointing out its defects, and especially of those with double curved blades: at the same time, shewing particularly the safe application of those with single curved blades, as geometrically proportioned and constructed: and likewise, shewing the necessity and good effects of several new forms of the single curved blade, as the narrow, fanged and reflected, in certain cases of retarded labors: together with cautions, remarks, and reflections on the conduct and management of labors in general / By R. Rawlins, surgeon, Oxford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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