DAVIS, David Daniel (1777 – 1841)
1777 – 1841
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1823 CE
#6273
An essay on the proximate cause of the disease called phlegmasia dolens.
Davis was the first to state that phlegmasia alba dolens was due to inflammation of the veins. He was physician-accoucheur at the birth of Queen Victoria.
1825 CE
#14215
Elements of operative midwifery.
Davis introduced a number of improvements in instruments and techniques: “It outlines rules and precautions for undertaking operations, described the use of various forms of forceps, and provided twenty detailed…