De Venarum Ostiolis 1603 of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente (1533?-1619) Facsimile Edition

The recent report on maternal mortality in New York City made by the Committee on Public Health Relations of The New York Academy of Medicine clearly shows that the major attack on this problem must be one of education. Physicians and laity alike must be made aware of the difficulties associated with attempts to bring the benefits of present-day obstetrical science to all those upon whom the propagation of the race depends. There is no better medium of expressing these truths than by such books as Findley's The Story of Childbirth. The work deals not only with the history of obstetrical practices but it contains excellent chapters on such timely subjects as birth regulations, maternal mortality and the modern maternity hospital. Dr. Findley brings to the preparation of such a work the experience of a skilled clinician and a notable contributor to obstetrical science, and with unusual skill he is able to translate that experience into simple language that the layman can understand. Out of a mass of popular books on sex problems now flooding the American market, The Story of Childbirth comes with a fresh and healthy view of the truth of things as they are. HERBERT THOMS.