The trial of a cause between Richard Maddox, gent., plaintiff, and Dr. M----y [Morley] defendent, physician, and man-midwife, before Sir Michael Foster, Knt. ... at Guildhall, London, March 2, 1754 ... In an action upon the case, brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for ... not performing his ofice as a man-midwife in the delivery of the wife of ... plaintiff ... To which will be added, some extraordinary cases in midwifery; extracted from the writings of ... Dr. Deventer, of Leyden / [Richard Maddox].

  • Maddox, Richard.
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[1754]
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Credit: The trial of a cause between Richard Maddox, gent., plaintiff, and Dr. M----y [Morley] defendent, physician, and man-midwife, before Sir Michael Foster, Knt. ... at Guildhall, London, March 2, 1754 ... In an action upon the case, brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for ... not performing his ofice as a man-midwife in the delivery of the wife of ... plaintiff ... To which will be added, some extraordinary cases in midwifery; extracted from the writings of ... Dr. Deventer, of Leyden / [Richard Maddox]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in Behalf of the Plaintiff, were greatly miitaken with Regard to the Cafe of Mrs. Maddocks; and that if the Dodtor had attended her at the Time he was called for, it would have made no Variation in it; and that her Flooding in the Manner reprefen*ted by the Plaintiff’s Witneffes, would have had the fame Confequences, as were infilled on by the Plaintiff’s Witneffes, whether he had been there or not. Then, Mr. Norton, of Council of the fame Side, call¬ ed the Witneffes. The firfl Witnefs was Dr. Sands, a Man-mid¬ wife, who being fworn was afked, whether he had heard the Evidence that had been given on the Part of the Plaintiff? He declared that he had ; and then gave a very long and learned Account of the Courfe of Practice in fuch Cafes, with Precedents and Pittances of the like Nature, as well fuch wherein he had been himfelf concerned, as what he had read in Treatifes of Midwifry. Being afked, whether he was of Opinion, that Dr. M-—-y ought to have continued with Mrs. Maddocks when he was with her, or if he ought to have come again, to her, when the Apothecary came to call him; he very candidly declared, that for his own Part, D 2 he i 1 i ( - A