Man-midwifery analyzed; or the tendency of that indecent and unnecessary practice detected and exposed. Addressed to John Ford, late surgeon and man-midwife ...

Date:
1790
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Credit: Man-midwifery analyzed; or the tendency of that indecent and unnecessary practice detected and exposed. Addressed to John Ford, late surgeon and man-midwife ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    E ’°8 ] I, “ my dear, for interrupting you;” and I left the room. But all that has hitherto pafted does not, in any degree, equal what I am going to re- late. Goats and monkies! I could almoft fwear to part beds, when I think of what my wife endured from the jlfth man that made his appearance in her dreffing-room. In my curious peeping, as ufual, I faw a male figure on the couch with Mrs. Oakly, whom I could not confider as frifeur, foe-maker, mantua-maker, or fay-maker. He had her not by the foot; he had not ftripped off her gown ; nor was fhe without her ftays; he was more modeft than the former male-attendantson her, and yet lefs modeft. I faw him—I faw him— in ftiort, I was convinced my rival was in the room with her; and I could not reft a moment
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