RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 J Clifton Edgar (1859–1939) of New York and his obstetric text JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP F441 OP F443 DO 10.1136/adc.2004.063503 VO 90 IS 5 A1 Dunn, P M YR 2005 UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/5/F441.abstract AB Edgar, a leading academic obstetrician/gynaecologist in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, explored a number of interesting aspects of pregnancy and childbirth in his 1903 textbook on obstetrics.