OBSERVATIONS ON ABORTION

by John Burns

$2,000 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

Troy, NY: Wright, Goodenow, and Stockwell, 1808. First US edition of this obstetrics treatise by the British surgeon and authority on midwifery — the earliest use of abortion in the title of an American medical imprint according to Austin. Very good. Item #55685 Prior to the mid-19th century, the legal status of abortion in the US was based on British common law, which typically marked the quickening the point at

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