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Excerpt from Remarks on the Employment of Females as Practitioners in Midwifery
But it is to be observed, I have hitherto argued upon the most disadvantageous ground, for I have admitted the competency of females to the manage ment of the mechanical process of labour, when this is natural. I have so far gone upon the supposition, that they were regularly educated, and had had expe ricuce as accoucheurs. But a fairer, and for my purpose, a much stronger ground on which to discuss the question, is upon the bare general principle, of the common introduction of women to the practice of midwifery. I need take no trouble to show that this must be the final result, if the custom be once introduced among the higher circles of society; and if this is the case, is it not obvious that the greater proportion must be unintelligent and poorly educated, or rather not educated at all?
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