Researches on operative midwifery, etc / Fleetwood Churchill.

  • Fleetwood Churchill
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1841
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    the }-eav 1756, there was a consultatiou of the most eminent men at that time in London, to consider the moral recti- htcle of, and the advantages which miglit Ije expected from, this practice, which met with their general approbation. The conclave decided in favor of the morality of such inter- ference, and shortly afterwards the operation was successfully performed by Dr. Macauley. Subsequently, Dr. Kelly practised it, and among other instances, he mentioned that he had performed this operation three times ujion the same woman, and that twice the children liatl been born living.* So numerous, and upon the whole, so successful have been the instances in which it has been tried since Denman's time, that it has taken its place among the regular obstetric operations in the various systems of British writers and teachers ; and among its supporters may be found the distin- guished names of Denman, John C]arke,t John and James Barlow, + Burns, Hull,§ Merriman,|| Conquest,^ Gooch,** Blundell,tt Hamilton,JJ Corry,§§ Ramsbotham,|||i Inglebyj^lf Ashwell,*** &c. &c. Dr. Denman's remarks upon the propriety of the operation, as to morals, are so conclusive, that I may be excused if I quote them. With regard to * Introduction to Midwifery, p. 319. t London Practice of Midwifery, p. 233, 6tli Ed. t Med. and Pliys. Jour. vol. v. p. 40. Mud. Facts and Ob.sci'vations, vol.viii. § Second Letter on the Coesarian Section. Trans, of Baudclocque, p. 48. II Afcd. Chir. Trans, vol. iii. p. 127. Synopsis of Difficult Parturition, p. 179. % Outlines of ?tlid\vifery, p. 135. ** Lectures reported by Skinner, p. 221. tt Principles and Practice of Obstetricy, p. 559. XX Practical Observations, Part II. p. 173. §§ Med. Gaz. Oct. 21, 1837. Illl Med. Gaz. June 15, 1839, p. 420. Facts and Cases in Obstetric Medicine.