Skip to contentMan-midwifery dissected; or, The obstetric family-instructor. : For the use of married couples, and single adults of both sexes. Containing a display of the management of every class of labours by men and boy-midwives; also of their cunning, indecent, and cruel practices. Instructions to husbands how to counteract them. A plan for the complete instruction of women who possess promising talents, in order to supercede male-practice. Various arguments and quotations, proving, that man-midwifery is a personal, a domestic, and a national evil. In fourteen letters. Addressed to Alex. Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. &c. Edinburgh. Occasioned by certain doctrines contained in his letters to Dr. W. Osborn | Collections | The Huntington
Man-midwifery dissected; or, The obstetric family-instructor. : For the use of married couples, and single adults of both sexes. Containing a display of the management of every class of labours by men and boy-midwives; also of their cunning, indecent, and cruel practices. Instructions to husbands how to counteract them. A plan for the complete instruction of women who possess promising talents, in order to supercede male-practice. Various arguments and quotations, proving, that man-midwifery is a personal, a domestic, and a national evil. In fourteen letters. Addressed to Alex. Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. &c. Edinburgh. Occasioned by certain doctrines contained in his letters to Dr. W. Osborn
Gift of The Longo Family Trust, Lawrence D. and Betty Jeanne Longo, Trustees, 2015. Bookplate: The Watson Collection, presented to The Library of the Medical Society County of Kings. Stamp on title page: Med. Soc. County of Kings Library. Embossed stamp: B.A. Watson M.D.
Dimensions
18 cm (12mo)
Associated people
Fores, S. W.,
Longo, Lawrence D.,
Longo, Betty Jeanne,
Watson, B. A.
Associated organization
Medical Society of the County of Kings (Kings County, N.Y.).