A letter to William Smellie, M.D., containing critical and practical remarks upon his Treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery / By John Burton, M.D. Wherein the various gross mistakes and dangerous methods of practice mentioned and recommended by that writer, are fully demonstrated. And generally corrected.

  • Burton, John, 1710-1771.
Date:
MDCCLIII. [1753]
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Credit: A letter to William Smellie, M.D., containing critical and practical remarks upon his Treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery / By John Burton, M.D. Wherein the various gross mistakes and dangerous methods of practice mentioned and recommended by that writer, are fully demonstrated. And generally corrected. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fame Manner, upon the Head and Neck of the. Child ; and if the Inftru- ment gives way, 23dly, Pufli it farther up, and fixing it again, repeat the Efforts» apply¬ ing {fill higher and higher, till the Body is extradfed. Objedfions to thefe Me- ' thods fee in Sed:.*26. {h) Hence it it evident, that my Method only requires eight Operations, while yours can’t be performed with¬ out twenty-three, and many of thole too are very pain¬ ful to the Woman. Second Cafe. When the Legs or Breech of the Child are brought down, and it the Belly, Sedt. 39. You order the Belly to be open’d, by forcing in the Points of the Sciffars *, or elfe the Operator may tear it open with the fharp Crochet *, both which are naked Inflruments. is detained by tl>e Size of I perform the fame Ope¬ ration with my Extradfor, or with Ould^s Terebra m Occulta, which are each within its Capfula, and thereby perfedtly defended from injuring the Woman. T^hird Cafe^ When the Body and Arms of the Child are extradled and the Head is detained, and if it be imr pradlicable to deliver it fo as to fave the Life of the Child, you order the Operator, Sedf. 40. ift. To introduce his In this Cafe, ifl find the Hand along the Head and Head does not come with his Fingers thro’ the Os that Eafe that the Safety Uteri. . of the Patient requires, af- 2dly ter [h] N. B. In thefe laft Operations the Accoucheur’s Hand, the Crochet, and the Neck or bhoulders of the Child, are in the Os Externum at the fame Time,