An introduction to the practice of midwifery. Vol. II. / [Thomas Denman].

  • Denman, Thomas, 1733-1815
Date:
1798
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Credit: An introduction to the practice of midwifery. Vol. II. / [Thomas Denman]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    adapted the following rules to them. But if forceps of any other kind fhould be preferred, though the principles will hold good, the rules muft be varied, according to the dif- cretion of the perfon who may perform the operation. / SECTION IV. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. It has been long eftablifhed as a general rale in this country, that the ufe of inftru- ments of any kind ought not to be allowed in the pra&ice of midwifery from any motives of eligibility *. Whoever will give himfelf time to confider the poffible miflakes and want of Ikill in younger practitioners, and the in- * Non niii fumma necefTitate illud exigente atque turn demum educendis ex utero infantibus admovenda efle ferra- menta, quum nihil omnino fpei reliquum eft fore, ut fola- rum manuum fubftdio extrahere ipfos liceat,—Heifier. Capt. Liij. ix. K 2 ftances