The trial of a cause between Richard Maddox, gent., plaintiff, and Dr. M----y [Morley] defendent, physician, and man-midwife, before Sir Michael Foster, Knt. ... at Guildhall, London, March 2, 1754 ... In an action upon the case, brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for ... not performing his ofice as a man-midwife in the delivery of the wife of ... plaintiff ... To which will be added, some extraordinary cases in midwifery; extracted from the writings of ... Dr. Deventer, of Leyden / [Richard Maddox].

  • Maddox, Richard
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[1754]
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Credit: The trial of a cause between Richard Maddox, gent., plaintiff, and Dr. M----y [Morley] defendent, physician, and man-midwife, before Sir Michael Foster, Knt. ... at Guildhall, London, March 2, 1754 ... In an action upon the case, brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for ... not performing his ofice as a man-midwife in the delivery of the wife of ... plaintiff ... To which will be added, some extraordinary cases in midwifery; extracted from the writings of ... Dr. Deventer, of Leyden / [Richard Maddox]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing Wife, between whom and her Hufband there always was the moil iincere and affe&ionate Tender- nefs. Now if it fhould be proved, as I apprehend it will, that the Defendant did promife and undertake, and afterwards negledled to give his due Attend¬ ance on this Lady in the Extremity of her dan¬ gerous Travail, and that fuch his Negleft was attended with the moil fatal Coniequences both to her and her Infant, I doubt not but you Gentle¬ men will be of Opinion, that the Plaintiff is enti¬ tled to the largeft Damages you can give him ; efpecially if it fhall appear to you, as my Inflec¬ tions inform me it certainly will. That the Defen¬ dant could not plead Ignorance of the Danger the Patient wa$ in, becaufe after he had examined her, he declared that to be his Opinion *, he never faid, that her Cafe was paft his Judgment to relieve, for then, if he had been an honeft Man, he would have demanded Affiflance from fome other fkilful Practitioner; neither could he affirm, that he wanted proper Help, for both the Midwife and Apothecary were there ready to obey any Orders he fhould give them. What then could be his Motive to refufe a Woman his Relief in fo terri- f fo]e a Conjunfture ? I have not yet learnt, that he ever aiiedged any Reafon or Pretence lor his Re-