André Levret - bibliography

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Biography

French obstetrician, born 1703, Paris; died 1780, Paris.

Bibliography

  • Observations sur les causes et les accidents de plusieurs accouchements laborieux.
    4th edition, Paris, C. Osmont, 1747-1770.
    Translated into German.
  • Observations sur la cure radicale de plusieurs polypes de la matrice, de la gorge, et du nez. 1749. 3rd edition, revised and expanded, Paris, 1771.
  • Suite des observations sue les causes etc. Paris, 1751.
  • Explication de plusieurs figures se le mécanisme de la grossesse et de l’accouchement. 1752.
  • L’art des accouchements etc.
    Paris, Delaguette, 1753; 1761; 1766. Translated into German.
  • Essai sur l’abuse des règles générales etc. 1766.
  • Traité des accouchements laborieux. 1770.
  • Observations sur l’allaitements des enfants. 1781.
We thank Rudolf Kleinert, Bad Reichenhall, Germany, for information submitted.

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