Chavasse, Pye Henry; Stevenson, Sarah Hackett [Introduction]. Wife and Mother; or, Information for Every Woman with Plates illustrating the Female Reproductive Organs. Chicago and Philadelphia: H. J. Smith & Co., 1887. [12392]
Brown cloth decorated in black & gilt, slight wear at the ends & corner tips, 8 x 5 1/2 inches. Pink & green floral end papers, 526. [2] clean pp. Final end paper hinge a bit weak, not detached. Short tear in the pocket holding the plate book. The Plates is 7 x 4 1/2 inches with 24 unnumbered pages, having 26 b/w illustrations of female reproductive organs and children in the womb, with descriptive text. The first several leaves are toned; the book has an index. Good. Hardcover.
The booklet tucked in the back pocket is Plates illustrating the Female Reproductive Organs. Chicago: Smith & Miller, 1886.
A book of medical advice for the new wife and mother, with chapters on health, menstruation, pregnancy, parturition without pain, labor, nursing, infancy, childhood, and youth.
Pye Henry Chavasse (1810-1879), English surgeon specializing in obstetrics and child raising.
Sarah Hackett Stevenson (1841-1909), first female member of the American Medical Association, professor of obstetrics in the medical college of Chicago.
