William Smellie and William Hunter: Two great obstetricians and anatomists

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 205-206

  Roberts, Adg ^a   Baskett, T f ^b   Calder, A a ^c   Arulkumaran, S ^d  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BOOK; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTORY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; NOTE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ATLASES AS TOPIC; CADAVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77952579241     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2010.100107     Document Type: Article

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