Observations on Mr. Simmons's Detection, &c. &c. : with a defence of the Cesarean operation, derived from authorities, &c. &c., a description of the female pelvis, an examination of Dr. Osborn's opinions, relative to embryulcia, and an account of the method of delivery by embryotomy / by John Hull.

  • Hull, John, 1761?-1843.
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[1799?]
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Credit: Observations on Mr. Simmons's Detection, &c. &c. : with a defence of the Cesarean operation, derived from authorities, &c. &c., a description of the female pelvis, an examination of Dr. Osborn's opinions, relative to embryulcia, and an account of the method of delivery by embryotomy / by John Hull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    S3 When 1 combated the impropriety of it before, I had recourse to the facts, and reasons, urged against it, with so much effect, by the illustrious Baudelocque, because I hold these in much higher estimation than those adduced by Dr. Osborn: But, since you have thus manifested your predilection for the doctrines of the latter, and are determined to follow them, I shall here attack you by a new species of argument, the Argumentum ad hominem. As I strongly suspect, that you are unacquainted with every system of logic except that of Hudibras,* (which, I must confess, you manage with great dexterity,) and that you do not understand even the terms of that science, 1 will first explain to you what is meant by an argumentum ad hominem, and will then shew you the application of it, in your own case. It is. Sir, an argument drawn from the prejudices of an opponent. Now for the application. But,” says Dr. Osborn, “ when we advert to the maimed and weakened state of the pelvis, and its consequent inability, after the division of the symphysis, to sustain the violence, and repeated exertions unavoidable in the use of the ciotchet; and at the same t'ime, when we reflect upon the mischief that the soft parts must ine, vitably suffer from the division, particularly those * See Detection, p. ^2.