A lecture introductory to the theory and practice of midwifery : including the history of that science; with a view of its several branches, and the proper means of attaining a perfect knowledge of the whole. Also animadversions on the qualification and deportment of an accoucheur: publicly delivered at his theatre, in Craven-Street, London / by John Leake ...

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M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]
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Credit: A lecture introductory to the theory and practice of midwifery : including the history of that science; with a view of its several branches, and the proper means of attaining a perfect knowledge of the whole. Also animadversions on the qualification and deportment of an accoucheur: publicly delivered at his theatre, in Craven-Street, London / by John Leake ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Monfieur Monfieur John Leake, do&eur en medtrcine, membre du College Royal des Medlcins de Londres, &c. MAxima cum voluptate et non fine fru<5tu, Vir iiluftriflime et ornatiftime, tuum legi'et relegi librum, cui titulus eft: Practical Obfervatiom on the Child- bed Fever, printed London 1772. In i!lo enim reperi animadverfiones curiofas et plane novas de affedlibus omenti, difquificiones nitidas et fagaces de curatione fe- bris puerperiunn infequends, dubitationes quas dittarunt prudentia et moderatio contra fyftema noftri Celeberrimi Le-vret, cogitationes accuratas de hsemorrhagiis ante er pod partum. Quid magts ? in toto judicium et fcientia verfboni que me- dici refulget, his itaque perpenfis, feu tegrorum falutem, feu artis medics incre- mentum profpiciam, tuum librum cundtis gratifiimum duxi; qua propter ut me- lius innoteicat, hunc in idioina gallicum converto, jam ferme abfoluta eft inter- pretatio; et paucos intra menfes, fi tibi libet, prelo publico poterit in Francia committi. Mihi familiaris et colendus amicus habet nunc fub prelo tra&atum idiomate Gallico feriptum de hasmorrhagiis uterinis. Plurimis abhinc menfibus' audtori communicaveram verfionern tus febtionis Vs. Of the nature and cauje of uterine hemorrhages, and their treatment, &c. in hoc novo tractatu mei amici, multa funt de te excerpta cum laude tui ingenii et tui operis. Auftor novi traftatus, poll expofitionem variarum methodorum contra hsmor- rhagias uteri, nil efficacius inveniit quam obturatio vaginas cum Linteolis vel ficcis, vel imbutis aceto, fed profunde immilfis. Hsc methodus olim vetuftiftimis nota, in oblivione quodam modo jacebar ; fed nunc refurgit longa et felici experi-' entia ftabilita-, et enim introdudlio linteorum in vagina, dum fanguinis fluxuni; juvat quoque formationem coaguli; interim uterus novas acquirit vires ; fefe conglomerat et conftringit, contrablionibulque propellet coaguiatum fanguinem et linteola immifi'a; fed ut obturamentum vaginas fit Temper lauftum, plurimas Tunt adhibendas cautiones : fcilicet, mollis comprellio uteri cum manu, applicatio Tupra pubem linteorum aqua frigida, aut forfan melius aceto madidorum, ufus aeris frigidi, et, ut uno dtcam verbo, quidquid poteft juvare uteri contradtiones et vaforum languinem fundentium claufuram. Celeberrimus Hoffman, Cornelius Prioen, multique alii jam indicarant obtura- mentum vaginae contra hasmorrhagias uteri; hsc methodus tihi, Vir clariftime non erar ignota; attamen'in praxi vix erat explorata. In curriculo menfis proximi, ut opinor, novus tradlatus mei amici evulgabitur; et in illo videre poteris ferme omnia quas fcripfifti de opio, medicamentis ajlrigentibus, vene Jedlione, &c. Vale, Vir clariftime; et quanquam fim extraneus, et nullo modo tibi notus, non dedigneris, quaefo, meam finceram admirationem. FRANCISCUS CHAUSSIER, Datum Divione die li, 7bris. 1775. Chirurgia; magifter in urbe Divionenfi apud Burgundos, acad. rcg. chirurgiae Parifienfis corrcfpon- dens, &c. P. S. Si valis mihi refponfum dare, fubjungo inferiptionem epiftolae in idiomate gallico. MONSIEUR, JE vous prie d’accepter un exemplaire de l’ouvrage que je publie en faveur de 1’operation nouvelle de la feclion de laSimphife que j’ai determine, et a la quelle j’ai cooperd. J’y joins le recit de la Faculte de Medecine de Paris, et un thefe qui 2 decre