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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 |
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