Volume 1

A short account of the state of midwifery in London, Westminster, etc. Wherein an effectual method is proposed, to enable the midwomen to perform their office ... with as much ease, speed, and safety, as the most dexterous midmen ... / [John Douglas].

  • John Douglas
Date:
1736
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A short account of the state of midwifery in London, Westminster, etc. Wherein an effectual method is proposed, to enable the midwomen to perform their office ... with as much ease, speed, and safety, as the most dexterous midmen ... / [John Douglas]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    O F T H E State of Midwifery I N Londony JNeftminJiery &c. W H E REIN An effedtual Method is propofed, to enable the Midwomen to perform their office in all cafes, (excepting thofe few where inilruments are necef- fary] with as much Eafe, Speed, and Safety, as the moil dexterous Midmen : Whereby women and children's falling Victims to the Ignorance of Mid women, fo loudly complained of by Cham¬ ber len, Giffard, and Chapman, may for the fu¬ ture be prevented, &c. By John Douglas, Surgeon, F. R. S. Non fibi, fed aliis. LONDON: Printed for and fold only by the Author in Lad~ Lane, near Guild-Hall. M. dcc.xxxvi, [Price Two Shillings.]