Essays and notes on the physiology and diseases of women, and on practical midwifery / by John Robertson.

  • Roberton, John, 1797-1876.
Date:
1851
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Credit: Essays and notes on the physiology and diseases of women, and on practical midwifery / by John Robertson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREEACE. Trivial circumstances will sometimes give the bent to one's pursuits, and determine the whole career for life. So it happened with me. Early in the Spring of 1827 a vacancy occurred in the office of Surgeon to our Lying-in Hospital. Without having at that time a strong leaning towards the practice of Midwifery, or the pursuit of it as a science, I was yet induced to offer myself as a candidate, and I obtained the appoint- ment. Immediately I was immersed in the onerous duties which, then, devolved on all the surgeons. This will be obvious when I mention that, from the date of my election, February 1827, till May 1838, when I resigned office, the number of women delivered by the Charity, as near as I can ascertain, was forty-three thousand jive hundred; besides a multitude of out- patients treated for diseases peculiar to women and children. Being associated with colleagues, of whom some have distinguished themselves, and all were industrious, I diligently, with them, pursued the routine of duty for upwards of eleven years, until my health was seriously impaired. Nor was I alone in this j for one colleague,