Excerpt from The Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society: Sessions 1869-70-71 The communications and discussions represent indi vidual opinions only, and are not to be received as the expressions of opinion by the Society as a body. On the part of the Society, the Committee cannot but refer to the great loss the Society has sustained by the death of its most distinguished ornament, Sir James Young Simpson, whose valuable contributions and eminent services to obstetric and other sciences are admitted by all to be of world-wide reputation. From that he was amongst its earliest Fellows, from the great interest he took in its progress, even up to the time of his death (his last appearance in public having been at one of our ordinary meetings), and from the numerous communications he submitted to it, the Society cannot allow this opportunity to pass without recording how deeply it has deplored his loss. 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.