Observations sur les causes et les accidens de plusieurs accouchemens laborieux, avec des remarques sur ce qui a ete propose ou mis en usage pour les terminer: & de nouveaux moyens pour y parvenir plus aisement.

Paris, P. Theophile Barrois de jeune, 1770.

"Besides introducing a curved forceps Levret invented several other obstetric instruments and made fundamental observations on pelvic anomalies. His book covered the whole field of obstetrics and remained a standard work for many years. Levret was a famous teacher in Paris"(Morton's Medical Bibliography, Fifth Edition, Edited by Jeremy M. Norman)..

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