... Before Dr. Davis left Sheffield he had two sons. The elder, as mentioned above, was born in 1807; the second, born in 1811, John Hall Davis, followed the profession of medicine and succeeded to his father’s practice. He also was a distinguished obstetric physician and the author of a standard work on the subject, entitled “Parturition and its Difficulties.” He died in March, 1884, and was noticed in flattering terms by the Lancet and the British Medical Journal.
... The following is a list of the medical works published by Dr. Davis
“A Treatise on Insanity,” by P. Pinel, M.D., translated from the French by D. D. Davis. M.D. 8vo. Sheffield, 1806.
“Elements of Operative Midwifery,” comprising a description of certain new and improved powers for assisting difficult and dangerous labours. 4to. London, 1825.
“The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine; in a Series of Systematic Dissertations on Midwifery, and on the Diseases of Women and Children.” 2 vols., 4to. London, 1836.
"Acute Hydrocephalus or Water in the Head,” an inflammatory disease, and curable equally and by the same means with other diseases of Inflammation. 8vo. London, 1840.
