Anæsthesia, hospitalism, hermaphroditism and a proposal to stamp out small-pox and other contagious diseases / by Sir James Y. Simpson, Bart. ; edited by Sir W.G. Simpson, Bart.

  • Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870.
Date:
1871
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    JAMBS Y. SIMPSON, BART., M.D. D.C.L. MiTiWIFERY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. LATE PROFESSOR OF MIDWIFERY IJN Just Published, in One Volume, Demy Svo, Price Us. SELECTED OBSTETRICAL AND GYN>€COLOGICAL WORKS OF SIR JAMES Y. SIMPSON, CONTAINim THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS LECTURES ON MIDWIFERY. Edited by J. WATT BLACK, M.A. M.D., ^ . ^ Hospital School of Medicine. Prom the Lancet. The profession will have been gratified with the various anrio—^^^^ that have been made of the intention of the representatives of the late Sir ?al^SiLpson tTpubUsh the principal of his obstetrical and gynecological works In the volume before us we have the first instalment of the MfiSient of that intention. It contains aU the more important of Srr JamSs contributions to the study of obstetrics and diseases of women with the exception of his clinical lectures on the latter subject ; these will be .published separately in another volume. , A very interesting and useful featm-e of the book before us is the outline it contains of the author's lectures on mdwifery, P^^l^^^f for the first time. This is a compendium of the art of midwifery, valuable to all students and practitioners, and it will be especiaUy welcome to the pupils of Simpson, scattered over the world as they are. Simpson was a Lcursive writer and thinker. In this form of notes he is tied down to state his thoughts in the briefest way. And his clear thinking and good English made a compendium easy to him, as it is very convenient to the student. With the help of this, outline Edinburgh men will live over a^ain the lively course on obstetrics which brightened the gloomy days ot the Edinburgh winter, and wiU almost think they see the big head and face of the great obstetrician, as they used to see liim, beaming with satisfaction, or twinkling with genial humour, as he told a good story or related a happy case illustrative of his own bold and original practice. It is not our intention to criticise in detail the obstetric principles and doctrines enunciated in this volume. And this for two reasons, among others. First, the papers which make up the volume have been for a long time before the profession in one form or another, though never in so complete a form as now. Secondly, the proper criticism of an author so discursive, so bold, so original and almost adventurous as Simpson, is not to be accomplished in an article like the present. His propositions are still under the criticism proper to them—namely, the clinical test of