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Man-Midwifery Dissected; or, the Obstetric Family Instructor
Blunt, John
1793
Published by Samuel William Fores, London
Location of original: Countway Rare Books, Harvard University
 
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Moreover, as it is now become quite proper (through the sanction of custom) for women to be unnecessarily handled by gentlemen of the faculty, instead of their own sex, I shall enquire, how far it is consistent with female modesty, and with the good sense of husbands; at the same time, I wish to make every proper allowance to those who, owing to their ignorance of parturition, have been persuaded that men are safer than skilful women.

 I shall also take notice, of the mischief done by ignorant and cruel male operators, and likewise of the new-fangled obstetric butchery lately invented at Paris, and the result thereof. I shall also give outlines of a plan, for the proper education of a sufficient number of decent women, to supersede male-practice in natural labours, and thus entirely prevent the needless use of destructive instruments, and the practice of low, illiterate, and half-instructed
females,
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