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CHAP. III.
Of the requisite Qualifications of
Accoucheurs, Midwives, Nurses who attend lying-in women, and wet and dry
Nurses for Children.
SECT. I.
Of the
ACCOUCHEUR.
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THOSE
who intend to practice midwifery, ought first
of all to make themselves masters of anatomy, and acquire a competent
knowledge in surgery and physick; because of their connexions with the
obstetric art, if not always, at least in many cases. He ought to take
the best opportunities he can find, of being well instructed; and of practising
under a master, before he attempts to deliver by himself.
In order to acquire a more perfect idea of the
art, he ought to perform with his own hands upon proper machines, contrived
to convey a just notion of all the difficulties to be met with in every
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