On the mortality of childbed and maternity hospitals / by J. Matthews Duncan.

Date:
1870
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Credit: On the mortality of childbed and maternity hospitals / by J. Matthews Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    mortality of women delivered in Hospitals is 1 in 29. Such an erroneous and misleading statement, the Author felt, should not be allowed to go unchallenged. The object of this book will not be gained if phy- sicians and hospital-managers are induced by it to believe that their institutions are perfect, or even nearly so. He has nothing more at heart than to see improvements of all kinds—even radical changes, if necessary—introduced into our hospital system. His work is intended to add to the knowledge of physicians and hospital-managers, so that they may proceed with wisdom, and not be led by sensational or erroneous statements to be wildly revolutionary, of which there appeared to be some danger. He has, in conclusion, to express his thanks to Dr. Angus Macdonald for valuable assistance in passing this book through the press.