A Compendious System of Midwifery (Classic Reprint): Chiefly Designed to Facilitate the Inquiries of Those Who May Be Pursuing This Branch of Study; Illustrated by Occasional Cases - Tapa blanda

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Errors in premises must almost necessarily lead to errors in de duction; hence, the too exclusive reliance on the powers Of na ture to overcome all the obstacles connected with parturition hence the almost total disregard of the first, and most important principles in the art of midwifery! These errors doubtlessly ori giusted in ignorance; and were perhaps at first excusable from this cause: but how reprehensible do they become now, since the powers of nature are better calculated, and the resources of art better understood! In what light, then, should we View writers, who still inculcate such doctrines - teachers who make the whole art of midwifery consist, in doing nothing!

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