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.
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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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    [in PafTionibus Muliernm j” but h;id you read the Book, you might have found that Eros mentions ^rotula as a different Ferfon, and not as the Author *, for he fays {u\ “ Unde communiter Trotula vocata fuit, quad ‘‘ magiftra Operis: Cum enim qusedam puella debens “ incidi propter hujufmodi venrofitatem, quafi ex “ ruptura laboraffet: cum earn vidiffet Trotula^ ad- “ mirata fuit quam plurimum/’ Had you even read the Title-Page of this fmall Treatife, you certainly would not have nzxnt^.^rotula at all ^ for it runs thus, “ Erotis Medici Liberti Jul iai, quern aliqui Trotulam “ inepte nominant Liber, Whence I think it is pretty evident that you have never read this Fart of Spachius. You then proceed, Fage47, to 'Nuholaus RochceuSy whofe Works, you fay, are taken from the Greeks and Arabians : But had you ever read him, you might have found, that he copied alfo from the Latins^ and others; particularly from Celfus {w\ Pliny from Eiicharius Rhodion^ a German (y). You fay, ‘‘ His 30th Chapter contains Direciions for ** extradling the Placenta, when it adheres; in which cafe the Os uteri muff be dilated, and the Acconcheur taking hold of the Funisj mull pull gently from Side to Side, left the Uterus ftiould be brought down.’* But Rocheeus (z) fays, Si itaque Os Uteri diduCtum “ fuerit, & fecunda, qu^ inibi relicta eft, alicui parti uteri orbiculatim, ac pilae modo convoluta inhjeferit, facile educitur, manu fiquidem ftniftra calida pin- giiique illita in Fundum demiffa, fecundum fubal- “ bentem extrahere oportet. Si autem Fundo uteri fit connexa, demiffa fimili modo manu calida, &pingui “ inunctaapprehenfamSecLindam trahemus,nontamcnin ‘‘ 'rectum, neuterusprocidat, neque violenter admodum, ‘‘ fed leniter ac placide primum in obliquumdiducemus, hue atque ilkic circumagentes *, deinde paulo validius. («} Cap. 20, vide Spach. p. 50. [nv] See Spachius, p. 62. (.X-) Lib. X. c?p. 64, Spachius, p. 79, 105. (jj) De Partu Homi- nis Spach. p. 107. (2;) Spachius, p. 107,, from Fuchhus, lib. iii. De-Morb. mulier. cap. 64. at-