The principles and practice of midwifery : with some of the diseases of women.

  • Milne, Alexander
Date:
1871
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    burdening his spirit and haunting his mind, it was wonderful that he did so well. If critics do not heed such considerations, so much the worse for their criticism. Professional (medical) reviewers, at least, ought to he able to rise to the moderate height of tliis piece of justice ; for they know well the whirl and distraction of the common calling, and how inimical it is to sustained meditation and reflection, not to .say faultless composi- tion. The “ last and greatest art ” in writing, the “ art to blot,” is doubtless of vast importance; but then it demands time, and that is not always given to the medical man, more particularly the busy obstetri- cian. But enough on tliis matter. The Author cannot close these preliminary remarks vdthout acknowledging his deep indebtedness to the better known obstetric works, or, more correctly, to the distinguished authors of these works. He owes much, indeed, to them; but, at the same time, he can say vith Baudelocquc, that he has learned not less from closely obser\dng Nature. She is the great Preceptress; and if we approach her in a docile spirit, with an anxious desire for trath and profit, without bias, and free from the trammels of absurd traditions and rotten codes, sound and invaluable instruction is sure to be obtained. In conclusion, the Autlior hojies that if his Book should fall into the hands of former pupils, whom he had the ])leasure of assi.sting in obstetric difllcultics, it will recall agreeable intercourse, and perhaps also revive