A history of the work of the Obstetrical Society in relation to the examination and registration of midwives : being the inaugural address delivered March 6th, 1895 / by Francis Henry Champneys.
- Champneys, Francis Henry, Sir, 1848-1930.
- Date:
- 1895
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A history of the work of the Obstetrical Society in relation to the examination and registration of midwives : being the inaugural address delivered March 6th, 1895 / by Francis Henry Champneys. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![follows :—“ His Grace the Lord President of the Council expressed himself as favourable to the principles which the scheme embodies. It was afterwards laid before the Medical Council, who approved its object. In order to correct various legal and technical imperfections, it was submitted to Mr. Roscoe, the legal adviser of the College of Physicians.” The President then proceeded to deprecate the post- ponement of a settlement of this question till that of the admission of women to the profession was settled ; and he pointed out that if women were admitted to, and even if men were excluded from the medical profession, the poor, especially in the country districts, would be just as ill provided as at present. He urged the duty of the Society, not as doctors but as citizens, “ to secure some guarantee that the poor shall not continue to be exposed to an ignorance and unskil- fulness against which the Government of every other civilised country has protected them ” (‘ Obst. Trans./ vol. xx, for 1878, p. 13). In 1879 the President (Dr. Playfair) informed the Society at the annual meeting that “ the principles of the scheme [for the examination and registration of midwives] not only met with the approval of the Medical Council, but were embodied by His Grace the Duke of Richmond in the Medical Acts Amendment Bill, which, but for the troubles in the East, would, there is every reason to believe, have passed both Houses of the Legislature.” Certificate of the Obstetrical Society. The following is the form of certificate drawn up by Mr. Roscoe, solicitor to the Society, and hitherto in use. It dates from March, 1887 (Council Minutes, p. 542) : “ Obstetrical Society of London. “We hereby certify that has passed to our satisfaction the examination instituted by the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2237923x_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
