Excerpt from The Science and Art of Midwifery
When, three years and a half ago, the first edition of this work was published I stated as follows the principles that had guided me in its preparation:
"My purpose has been to present to the reader a fair statement of the changes which have been made by modern investigation in the views entertained respecting the physiology and pathology of pregnancy, labor, and childbed; and I have endeavored to show that with advancing knowledge the art of midwifery has ceased to rest upon empirical rules, and is already, with rare exceptions, the natural outcome of scientific principles. To insure accuracy, I have spared no pains to subject the doctrines taught to rigorous clinical tests; and I have everywhere sought to supplement and correct my own personal experiences by the recorded observations of others."
The activity that has prevailed in the study of obstetric phenomena, and in the perfecting of obstetric practice in the short space that has intervened since its first appearance, has, however, necessitated many changes in the text, and has led to the nearly complete rewriting of entire subjects. Many statements which three years ago wore advanced with diffidence as theoretically probable have recently been shown to be capable of scientific demonstration, whereas a few, with more modem light, have been omitted in the process of revision.
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