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SECT. II.
Of the MIDWIFE.
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though she can hardly be supposed mistress of all these qualifications,
ought to be a decent, sensible woman, of a middle age, able to bear fatigue;
she ought to be perfectly well instructed with regard to the bones of the
Pelvis, with all the contained parts, comprehending those that are
subservient to generation; she ought to be well skill'd in the method of
touching pregnant women, and know in what manner the womb stretches, together
with the situation of all the abdominal Viscera; she ought to be
perfectly mistress of the art of examination in time of labour, together
with all the different kinds of labour, whether natural of præternatural,
and the methods of delivering the Placenta; she ought to live in
friendship with other women of the same profession, contending with them
in nothing but in knowledge, sobriety, diligence, and patience; she ought
to void all reflections upon men practitioners, and when she finds |
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