Refutation of the objections urged by Dr. Collins ... against the doctrines of Dr. Hamilton, for the management of the first stage of labour, and for the treatment of laborious labours / [James Hamilton].

  • James Hamilton
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1837
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    the establishment of the Edinburgh General Lying-in Hospital in 1793, I have had the chief charge of that Institution, and although it is upon a scale quite inconsistent with the extent of our population, yet 15,936 patients were delivered by the medical attendants of the hospital pre¬ vious to October 1st, 1836. I am entitled to add, that since the year 1798, besides having enjoyed extensive private practice amongst the more opulent inhabitants of this city, I have had annually the charge of numerous patients from distant quarters (several from Ireland), whose cases were supposed to be difficult or dangerous. These circumstances have given me oppor¬ tunities of practice, which can probably never again fall to the lot of any individual. In sub- mitting, however, to the Profession, in my two volumes of Practical Observations, the result of that experience, I have stated (in my Pre¬ face), that I am ready to explain any part of my doctrines which may appear obscure, and to vindicate any part which may be
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