Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London, held, by permission, at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th, 1866.

  • Obstetrical Society of London.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London, held, by permission, at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th, 1866. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the event, have induced the Council to publish this Catalogue in the hope that further service may thus be rendered to obstetric medicine. The opportunity herein afforded of comparing the several varieties of the same instrument, and of reading the description of the modifications adopted by various authorities in different countries in accordance with the variations ■ in their practice, is full of instruction to those who are anxious to perfect the art of Obstetrics. As a work of reference, too, it is thought that this may be of some value to those whose time and opportunities may be too limited to allow of their becoming fully acquainted with the best mode of, and best instrument for, performing any given operation. The permanent utility of such a work will be greatly facilitated if from time to time inventors or modifiers of instruments, and instrument- makers, British and Foreign, will send to the Editor for insertion in future editions, descriptions, and, if possible, illustrations, of any novelty they may have introduced. The arrangement and classification of the instruments herein adopted, though, perhaps, open to some objection, will nevertheless, it is hoped, be approved by those for whose benefit it is made. It seemed to the Editor above all things desirable that easy reference should be the cardinal feature in the work, and in this he trusts he has succeeded. At first it was thought that it might be well to group together all the instruments used in any given operation; but the practical difficulties of carrying this out were such as to necessitate its abandonment, and led finally to the adoption of the one employed. The instruments of each kind are all grouped together in their several varieties, and the whole is arranged in alpha- betical order. The table of contents will show this at a glance. In one or two instances there is a slight departure from this plan and in favour of the one first proposed, but this