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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