A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Human Parturition (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Human Parturition The fetal presentations and positions have been thrown into a hotchpotch, which is the second assertion to be proved; and oh stetricians can no more communicate with each other concerning them, in technology generally understood, than could the Babel builders after the confusion of tongues. The time was, when the classification and nomenclature of Baudelocque, under the auspices of Dr. Dewees, universally prevailed in this country and although his system was not free from serious objections, it was better with us then than now, for the language of obstetrical science was everywhere understood. In most countries there is, and in all there ought to be, some standard agreed upon relative to this part of obstetrical medicine; but how can such agreement exist, in a country like ours, which tamely consents to receive its science as well as its fashions from abroad. We need, at this time, a native authority to educe order out of confusion, and set up a national standard, under which all our practitioners may arrange them selves, and be cemented by a common bond of union. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.