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"a full-grown infant by the feet without difficulty in about ten minutes."
"I have reason to believe," says he, "that I shall be able to present each of you with one natural labor at least, and have provided a machine, by which I can demonstrate all kinds of laborious and preternatural labors, and shall give every necessary direction to enable you to manage all cases with the greatest safety to mother and child."
His discourse went on to state the order in which the lectures would be given,[1] and closed with a brief notice of the rise and progress of the art, from the earliest time down to that of his own teachers, the Hunters and McKenzie. He then points out the qualifications necessary in a man midwife "to make him an adept in his profession, and to gain the good opinion of the female world," recommending to this end a full
- ↑ The order of these lectures was as follows: 1. On the Bones of the Pelvis. 2. Male and Female Organs. 3. Changes in the Uterus. 4. On the Placenta. 5 and G. On the Circulation and Nutrition of the Fœtus. 7. On the Signs of Pregnancy. 8. On the Menses. 9. Fluor Albus. 10. On Natural Labours. 11 and succeeding ones. On Laborious or Preternatural Labours, with the Use of Instruments; and concluded by particular lectures On the Diseases of Women and Children within the month, and directions concerning the diet of each, and methods of choosing and making good nurses.
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