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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![[ * ] I meats therein, on a fubjedt fo interefting to their perfonal fafety, and fo effential to their health and happinefs throughout life. But finding myfelf under many reftraints in point of decency, in an add refs to a young lady upon fuch a fubjedt, and well knowing how neceffary it is, that men, as well as women, fhould unite in difcountenancing this indecent and unneceflary pradtice; I now addrefs myfelf to all mankind. It is not to indulge my fancy in impure thoughts, or indecent expreffions; but to put a flop to impure acts, immodeft adtions, and the in- delicate, unchafte, and unneceflary trans- actions of Men-midwives: fuch as they avowedly and publicly profefs, and fuch as ^ every man of lenfe, decency, Sentiment, and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21931501_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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