...frightful results of the use of " hooks," both to the child and to the mother, and says that " it is the practice of the most expert artists in midwifery,...throughout Europe, and has much caused the report, that when a man comes, one or both must necessarily die; and is the reason for forbearing to send till the...

...by the translator among many of the remarkable statements in which is the following important one. "In the seventeenth chapter of the second book, my...that comes right, and yet because of some difficulty of disproportion cannot pass; which I confess has been, and is yet the practice of the most expert...

...— " In the seventeenth chapter of the second book, my author (Moriceau) justifies the fastening of hooks in the head of a child that comes right, and...not only in England, but throughout Europe, and has caused the report that where a man (the surgeon) comes, one or both must necessarily die ; and is the...

...Reader. "... In the seventeenth Chapter of the second Book, my Author (Mauriceau) justifies the fastning Hooks in the Head of a Child that comes right, and...is yet the Practice of the most expert Artists in Midwifry, not only in England, but throughout Europe, and has much caus'd the Report, That where a...

...remarks in his preface (xv): "In the I7th chapter of the second Book, my Author justifies the fastning Hooks in the Head of a Child that comes right, and...which I confess has been and is yet the Practice of most expert Artists in Midwifery not only in England, but throughout Europe; and has much caused the...