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History of British Midwifery (1650–1800)", and he was president of the History of Medicine Society of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1928–1930. He assembled an important collection of early writings on obstetrics.
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Spencer wrote numerous articles and books on gynaecological and obstetric topics, as well as on the history of midwifery and the
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123:"The Dangers and Diagnosis of Breech Presentation, and its Treatment by External Version Towards the End of Pregnancy", 1901.
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in the 17th century as “a little more difficult than turning an omelette in a frying pan”, and in 1807, the German
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Spencer, Herbert R. (1904). "Fibromyoma of the Intra-Abdominal
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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who described the circulation of blood in 1628, and gave the
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