Rösslin' “Rosegarten”: Its Relation to the Past (the Muscio Manuscripts and Soranos), particularly with regard to Podalic Version.*

Journal of Obstetrics and Gyrzacologywifery.Finally, I will endeavour to throw some light on its relations t o the pasL as w-ell as to the renaissance in obstetrics which shortly followed its publication, and which was inaugurated by Par6 and Guillemeau.Rosslin's work was hardly based on original obstetrical experience.Even though it is perhaps scarcely fair-as Siebold does-to deny entirely that he had any practical knowledge of midwifery, his book was principally a compilation drawn from the ancient and m e d i m d periods, namely from Hippolcrates and Galen to Aviccnna and Albertus Magnus respectiwly ; and still in another way it was especially influenced by the ancients, though this perhaps does not directly appear; yet, in my opinion, this is what cbiefly makes his work so interesting and to v-hich I shall revert later.