Lisbon, Em a Nova Impresso da Viuva Neves e Filhos, 1823.. FIRST EDITION. 4¡, contemporary tree calf (minor wear), smooth spine gilt, edges sprinkled blue. Crisp and clean, but the tables at pp. 45 and 109 (much larger than the text block) are cropped, with loss of several letters of text on each of 5 lines on p. 45, and 4-5 letters of text on a dozen lines on p. 109. In very good condition. (1 l.), iv pp., (1 blank l.), 144 pp., (3 ll. tables, one of which is folding). *** FIRST EDITION, not to be confused with Rocha de Mazarem's later Compilao de doutrinas obstetricas em forma de compendio, Lisbon 1833 - although, like the Compilaco, the Compendio was intended as a handbook for students of obstetrics. The author, who acknowledges his debt to such figures as Baudeloque, Gardien, Capuron, Maygrier and Chaussier (p. iii), covers conception and pregnancy, but most of the book (pp. 43-136) is devoted to an exhaustive discussion of normal and abnormal births. The tables at pp. 45, 61, and 109 classify births according to the orientation of the fetus. Rocha Mazarem (1775-1849), a native of Chaves, accompanied the royal family to Brazil in 1807, as surgeon on the Principe Real. In 1822 he returned to Lisbon, and when this work was published, was teaching obstetrics at the Hospital Nacional e Real de So Jos. From its foundation in 1825 until his death, he was professor of obstetrics at the Escola Medico-Cirurgica de Lisboa. *** Not in Innocncio; on the author, see IV, 150 and XII, 139. Pires de Lima, Catlogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Mdico-Cirurgica do Porto 2677. Not in Lisbon, Faculdade de Medicina, Catlogo da coleco portuguesa; see II, 275. Ferreira de Mira, Histria da medicina portuguesa pp. 277, 281, 286, 327, 350, 385, 421, 485. Porbase locates a single copy, at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, describing it as "1 v., in-4, com 2 fls. desdobraveis." Jisc locates a copy at Wellcome Library. NUC: Not located in NUC.@, which lists other works.
