Man-midwifery analyzed; or the tendency of that indecent and unnecessary practice detected and exposed. Addressed to John Ford, late surgeon and man-midwife ...

Date:
1790
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Credit: Man-midwifery analyzed; or the tendency of that indecent and unnecessary practice detected and exposed. Addressed to John Ford, late surgeon and man-midwife ... 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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    tribute to her happinefs; and it was impoffi- ble for her to know, whether her lovers admired her perfon, or her fortune moft. Her perfonal charms, and her good fenfe, I af- ferted, with a few hints I could pdve her, for {he was then only eighteen, would enfure her happinefs; and at the lame time told her, if fhe would permit me to write her a letter upon the fubjeft, fhe might profit by attending to it. The letter was accord- ingly written, and fo much approved, that I printed it under the title of A Let- “ ter to a young Lady on her Marriage.” In that Letter I gently touched upon the fubjeft of Man-midwifery, and a fill red her, if fhe admitted fuch an unneceffary and fhameful liberty to be taken with her per- fon, file would have a fall in her hu(band’s A 4 eyes,