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A Treatise on the Art of Midwifery / Setting Forth Various Abuses Therein, Especially as to the Practice With Instruments: the Whole Serving to Put All Rational Inquirers in a Fair Way of Very Safely Forming Their Own Judgement Upon the Question; Which It Is Best to Employ, in Cases of Pregnancy and Lying-in, a Man-midwife; Or, a Midwife cover

A Treatise on the Art of Midwifery / Setting Forth Various Abuses Therein, Especially as to the Practice With Instruments: the Whole Serving to Put All Rational Inquirers in a Fair Way of Very Safely Forming Their Own Judgement Upon the Question; Which It Is Best to Employ, in Cases of Pregnancy and Lying-in, a Man-midwife; Or, a Midwife

Chapter 36: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
By Elizabeth Nihell
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The author presents a sustained critique of contemporary obstetric practice, attacking the growing reliance on male practitioners and instruments and defending the competence of experienced midwives. She documents alleged abuses and dangerous innovations, argues that some instrument-based interventions cause harm, and urges parents to examine evidence and use common sense when choosing attendants. The treatise combines practical observations, ethical appeals, and procedural commentary to recommend safer, more humane care in pregnancy and childbirth, while rejecting professional self-interest and fashionable assumptions that displace skilled female midwives.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. P. 11, changed “at the mercy of these excutioners” to “at the mercy of these executioners”.
  2. P. 19 and subsequent, changed “womens” to “women’s”. The authors usage was inconsistent.
  3. P. 30 and subsequent, changed “it’s” to “its” where possesive was intended. The authors usage was inconsistent.
  4. P. 156, changed “may be reduce” to “may be reduced”.
  5. P. 171, changed “during some lisgering labor” to “during some lingering labor”.
  6. P. 173, changed “sometimes inseparably damaged” to “sometimes irreparably damaged”.
  7. P. 175, changed “very uncautions of concealing them” to “very uncautious of concealing them”.
  8. P. 208, changed “signs of abborrence” to “signs of abhorrence”.
  9. P. 216, changed “ames” to “âmes”.
  10. P. 220, changed “than in those antient times” to “that in those antient times”.
  11. P. 237, changed “elevées et ecartées, les pieds rapprochés des fesses, et maintenus en cette situation par des aides dont on soit sur. Levret, Utilite” to “élevées et écartées, les pieds rapprochés des fesses, et maintenus en cette situation par des aides dont on soit sûr. Levret, Utilité”.
  12. P. 237, changed “arrétoit au precepte general” to “arrêtoit au précepte général”.
  13. P. 241, changed “inaminate things” to “inanimate things”.
  14. P. 246, changed “ballanced by their incompetency” to “balanced by their incompetency”.
  15. P. 250, changed “evidently consist less” to “evidently consists less”.
  16. P. 253, changed “they cry down every instrumen of other practitioners” to “they cry down every instrument of other practitioners”.
  17. P. 347, changed “diamatrically opposite” to “diametrically opposite”.
  18. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  19. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
  20. Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.