The London practice of midwifery : to which are added, instructions for the treatment of lying-in women, and the principal diseases of children, chiefly designed for students and early practitioners.

Date:
1820
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Credit: The London practice of midwifery : to which are added, instructions for the treatment of lying-in women, and the principal diseases of children, chiefly designed for students and early practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    TO THE FOURTH EDITION It i? hardly necessary <o say any thing in commen- dation of a work which has already passed through three Editions. Part of its success is no doubt to be attributed to the amusing and lively style in which it is composed, a style which has by some critics been considered as unsuitable to the dignity of the subject. It must, however, be confessed, that the sprightliness of the Author lias not trenched upon the doctrine ami practical utility of the Work; on the contrary, the method of treatment recommended is for the most part such u» the gravest Practitioner of Midwifery would approve. It is indeed to be regret- ted, that the Author not unfrequentry lowers himself in the eyes of the world, by choosing to effect that b) iiiies.se, which a more direct and open procedure would just as easily have brought about. The Work, however, in every page contains some useful matter, '■specially interesting to the young Practitioner, and is therefore well deserving of being reprinted. In the present Edition, care has been taken to avoid ihe typographical errors which were but too frequent in the former ones; and sometimes the structure of the sentences has been altered, to render them more clear and intelligible. This, and an occasional refer- ence in the Notes, which it was thought might be useful, is all that the present Editor has attempted to wards improving the Book.