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Account of the cruel and unfortunate case of Mrs. Delcroix, No. 56, Poland Street, St. James's, who was lately delivered of a male Infant, and fell a victim to bad treatment, in extracting the afterbirth; : with the trial for murder of John Williamson, man-midwife, and observations and instructions in such cases, for midwives

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1807..
Call number: 649614
Creator: Keighley, Walker(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of The Longo Family Trust, Lawrence D. and Betty Jeanne Longo, Trustees, 2015.
Dimensions: 22 cm
Associated people: Vogel, John Benjamin Gottleib,; Crosby, B.; Longo, Lawrence D.,; Longo, Betty Jeanne,
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