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as may serve
to whet the genius of young practitioners, and be as hints to introduce
more valuable discoveries in the art.
The Introduction
contains a summary account of the practice of Midwifery, both among the
ancients and moderns, with the improvements which have been hitherto made
in it; and this I have been exhibited for the information of those who have
not had time or opportunity to peruse the books from which it is collected;
that by seeing at once the whole extent of the art, they may be the more
able to judge for themselves, and regulate their practice by those authors
who have written most judiciously on the subject. The knowledge of these
things will also help to raise a laudable spirit of emulation, that never
fails to promote useful enquiries, which often redound to the honour of
art, as well as to the advantage of society. |
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