A complete edition, including all original references and illustrations, of O'Dowd and Phillip's history of obstetrics and gynaecology. It contains 45 chapters, author and subject indexes, detailed chronological tables at the end of each section, and short biographies. 'Once or twice in a generation, a book is published that is destined to become a classic. This is such a volume. It is a monumental achievement of scholarship and research. The authors have produced a masterpiece. [They] achieve the seemingly impossible - an account of history that is both meticulous and fascinating.' - From the Forward by J.J. Sciarra, President of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Thomas J. Watkins, Northwestern University Medical School, USA