Excerpt from The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine and Surgery, in Reference to the Process of Parturition: Illustrated by One Hundred and Forty-Two Figures The continental universities took the lead in enrolling midwifery, as it is called, among their Obligatory studies and most Of the British institutions of a like nature have tardily followed in their steps. It cannot be necessary to enforce by reasoning the propriety Of the regulations they have adopted but whatever circumstances may have impelled them to such decisions, cannot be devoid of interest, and are therefore worthy of being recorded. 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.