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Credit: A lecture introductory to the theory and practice of midwifery. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![An, et quo mo do femen mar is,fceminam virtualiter contineat, et femen fcemince virtualiter marem f qucznam eft caufa fexuum differ entice f An fcetus omnia vifcera, vafa, artus fimul habeat; an verb plane mutet for mam, primo pifcicUlo, deinde amphibio, pofted rejpiranti proximam f Sdujbus experimentis precipue indagari valeant foecunditas et fterilitas mulierum ? An alatur foetus per os, per umbilicum, an per utrumque f ]uid de legitimo tempore partus humani ftatuendum ft f We fhall now trace the progrefs of Midwifery, and ' re- mark the advances it made among the ancients and moderns, til] arrived at its prefent ftate. It is not however my defign to give an hifiorical account of the feveral authors on this fubje6t, in chronological order; for as their writings are al- moft innumerable, fuch an undertaking could not come within the narrow limits of an Introductory Lecture : KL I fhall](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21522509_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
