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173382 https://hdl.handle.net/10776/11495 2017-05-04 eng Tran, Yvette Nunez-Eddy, Claudia Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia. Arizona Board of Regents open access http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery is a three volume collection of patient accounts that William Smellie published from 1752 to 1764. Smellie, a physician and instructor in obstetrics in Great Britain, published these compilations to share his expertise in reproductive medicine, while also providing his students and colleagues with a source of reference in their own medical practices. Smellie wrote these books to shift obstetrics from a discipline practiced by midwives with limited medical training to one practiced in a medical context by physicians. Throughout his books, Smellie describes effective and ineffective treatments, tools, and interventions for complications during pregnancy. Due to the popularity of Smellie's writings, access to Smellie's work expanded beyond his students, allowing obstetricians, man-midwives, and physicians to refer to scientific literature and apply Smellie's teachings to their own practice. Literature Midwives Obstetrical Forceps Childbirth Obstetrics Labor (Obstetrics) Hunter, John, 1728-1793 Breech Presentation Publications Smellie, William, 1697-1763 Smellie, William, 1697-1763. Set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgement, of the practice of midwifery Smellie, William, 1697-1763. Collection of cases and observations in midwifery. Selections Hunter, William, 1718-1783 Hunter, John, 1728-1793 A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery (1752-1764), by William Smellie