Truth : a libel by law : the evidence of Sir J.Y. Simpson, bart., M.D., and others, in the case of Sharp versus Wilson, with diagrams and correspondence / by James Wilson.

  • Wilson, James, L.F.P.S.
Date:
1869
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    No. IV. Is^. Translate into professional language the following vulgar- isms :— Before putting in the forceps, I tiniformly put in my hand. It (forceps) uniformly took by the head. It (child) always remained in that position with the leg out. It (head) stuck there at the brim of the pelvis. There was very considerable constitutional u-ritation. 2d. In the following precognition of a Avitness of tmquestion- able integrity, what points of practice pursued by the accoucheur do you particularly admire or condemn 1 Quote Churchill, Denman, and Collins, in support of your views. 3d I. M'H. or E.—I am the widow of the late W. E.,. and re- side in the \dllage of F., in the parish of F. I am over forty years of age, and am the mother of several of a family. I recollect of the sixth confinement of my sister-in-law, M. D. or M'H., wife of A. M'H., who then lived in the town of C. It is now sixteen years ago past, on the night before P. F. market, m the month of July. My brother came for me about twelve at night. I then lived in the parish of D,, distant from C. about two and a-half miles. I arrived at the house of my sister-in-law between twelve and one o'clock. I went to the bedside of my sister-in-law, and she spoke to me, and said she had had labour pains since seven in the evening; that up to eight she had been sometimes sitting by the fireside, and sometimes walking about through the room. She told me the pains were weak, and a good while between them. She appeared to be going on safely and natm-ally. The doctor came into the house a few minutes after my arrival. After sitting for a few minutes—perhaps fifteen—he began to use his forceps to deliver the Avoman. The doctor worked for about two hom-s with his forceps trymg to deliver the woman, but the forceps always slipped. I know what a forceps is. I have seen a forceps used at other coiifinemcnts. The doctor laid aside his forceps, and ' said the child was aHve, but that he would require to