On the theory and practice of midwifery / by Fleetwood Churchill ; with additions by D. Francis Condie ; with one hundred and ninety-four illustrations.

  • Fleetwood Churchill
Date:
1863
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Credit: On the theory and practice of midwifery / by Fleetwood Churchill ; with additions by D. Francis Condie ; with one hundred and ninety-four illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    THE THIRD EDITION. The demand for a new Edition of this work affords me an opportunity of expressing my gratitude to the Profession for their kind reception of the former ones, and of endeavoring to make the present still more worthy of their acceptance. I have more than once carefully examined every paragraph, and have corrected or modified every expression not in accordance with the knowledge acquired by a more lengthened experience. I have not hesitated to acknowledge a change of opinion, when such appeared more in accordance with truth, nor have I felt that a doubtful expression is unwise when our information is insufficient to justify positive conclusions. It has been well observed by au emiuent w^riter, that He who does not in all cases prefer doubt to the reception of falsehood, or to the admission of any conelusioyi on insufficient evidence, is no lover of truth, nor in the right way to attain it on any point. Some portions of the work have been entirely re-written, several new sections added, and one new chapter; by which means, I hope, the practical value of the work has been increased. I trust also the refer- ences to modern authorities, wliich I have annexed to this Edition, will be found useful. The publishers have liberally augmented the number of wood-cuts, so as to render the illustrations more complete. The Statistical Tables have been much enlarged in this Edition : so that, as the conclusions are based upon much larger numbers, we may regard them as a nearer approximation to the truth. No doubt, as I formerly observed, an absolute and unguarded reliance upon numerical (Tii)
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