KING, John (1774 – 1840)
1774 – 1840
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1817 CE
#6166
Case of an extra-uterine foetus, produced alive through an incision made into the vagina of the mother, who recovered after delivery, without any alarming symptoms.
Reports the first successful vaginotomy for abdominal pregnancy, as opposed to an abdominal laparotomy.
1818 CE
#6167
An analysis of the subject of extrauterine foetation and of the retroversion of the gravid uterus.
Expansion of No. 6166. First book on the subject.