Bound manuscript volume of a midwifery essay written by Robert Gell, Surgeon at Wirksworth, Derbyshire intended for the use of 'Country Midwifes...showing the ways how to deliver any difficult birth' covering non-intervention, birthing positions, preternatural births, caesarean section and diseases of women.
Midwifery essay: Robert Gell, 1741
This material is held atRoyal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Archives
- Reference
- GB 1538 S80
- Dates of Creation
- 8 July 1741
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Robert Gell was Surgeon at Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Access Information
Open to researchers by appointment, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. mailto: archives@rcog.org.uk
Archivist's Note
Catalogued by Penny Hutchins, July 2013
Conditions Governing Use
Out of copyright.
Reproductions are available at the discretion of the College Archivist.
Custodial History
Previously held in the library of N M Evans from 1823 and acquired by Miles Phillips in 1934. Presented by Professor Miles Phillips to the RCOG Library