David Daniel Davis
David Daniel Davis M.D. F.R.C.P. (15 June 1777 – 4 December 1841) was a British physician.
Born David Davies in
Queen Victoria in 1819. In 1827, he was elected as the first professor in Midwifery at the University of London. In his study of obstetrics, Davis sought to improve the design of instruments used to assist childbirth and published widely on the subject, including his 1825 Elements of operative Midwifery and 1836 The principles and practice of obstetric medicine in a series of systematic dissertations on the diseases of women and children.[5]
References
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Memorial Plaque to David Daniel Davis". Public Art in Sheffield. Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- ISBN 0-89093-167-4.
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- S2CID 19935979. Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 July 2005.