Chair of midwifery : Testimonials in favour of James Y. Simpson, M.D...

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1839
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    utile, vous combleious tie benedictions. C'est ce que vous souhaitc bien sincerement, Monsieur, Votre trcs-devouec scivantc, Veuve Boivin. 30 9bie 1839. From M. Paul Dubois, Chevalier of the Legion of Ho- nour ; Professor of Clinical Midwifery in the Univer- sity of Paris ; Surgeon-in-chief to the Maternity Hos- pital, SjC. Sf-c. ; Author of various Obstetric Essays, Sur rAuscultation applique a la Grossesse, Sur les Causes de l'Accouchement par le Vertex Sur la Ml- chanisme de V Accouchement Sur la Version Cepha- lique dans les Presentations Vicieuses du Foetus, Sfc. 8fc. Paris, November 27, 1889. My Dear Sir, I was in the country, where I had spent a few weeks, when your letter reached Paris, and I did not receive it until my return to town. This %vill be my apology for not having answered as soon, perhaps, as yoii expected. I was much pleased to hear that you were a Candidate for the Chair of Midwifery, left vacant in the Univer- sity of Edinburg by the resignation of Dr Hamilton. The professional communications which I had with you when you were in Paris, gave me a very high opinion of your merit and abilities; and it was confirmed by an at- tentive perusal of some of your publications on many sub- jects connected with Midwifery. The Obstetric Science is not, as many seem to think, a narrow and infertile branch of Medicine; I consider it, on