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hath been pretty
extensive, will, I hope, screen me from the imputation of arrogance, with
regard to the task I have undertaken; and I flatter myself, that the Performance
will not be unserviceable to mankind.
It was my intention
to insert in this Compendium, plates of the most useful instruments appertaining
to the art of Midwifery; but as large drawings could not be properly bound
in a book of so small a size, I have resolved to publish them in folio,
with that set of prints which I am now preparing, according to the proposals
specified in the advertisement at the end of this volume: mean while, the
instruments themselves which I principally use and recommend, namely, the
small forceps, blunt hook, scissars, and curve crotchets, may be had of
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