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her 



the time the second 



quaclv arrived, the merlicine, time, arul nature^ 

 which is the all j)(uverful operator in such cases, 

 had advanced her labor amazin:;ly5 and she was 

 a second time in a fair way for delivery. The 

 country Doctor had hut very little to say, hut af- 

 ter exaininin^^ the lady, observed, in a low voice, 

 ■ ^^now is the time to do thejob:'^ for the child had 

 so far advanced, tiiafe the instruments could easi- 

 ly he pat on; which in my estimation, and that 

 of the midwife, wa^ clearly evident that time and 

 a little more of ihe uuMlicihe was all that nature 

 required to effect the <lelivery.; but the Doctor 



with the assistance of ids country friend, embraced 

 the opportunity and used the instruments; but 

 with such force as almost to distract the mother 

 and leave her in a very alarming situation. The 

 child was dead, its head was literally crushed, 

 so much so, that thev concluded it to be useless to 

 use any means to restore it. This is one of the 

 many cases which is almost daily heard of a- 

 mong those who use instruments iastead of let- 

 ting nature haVe her course, and it would appear 

 clearly evident, f¥oin ihe numerous cases we hear 

 ' of every few days or weeks, that this harharoua 

 method of using urt, instead of letting nature 

 have her course with proper assistance, is not 

 only the cause of thousands of infant deaths, but 

 mothers also, or leaving them in siich a wretched 

 situation, that ife talies'them months, or years' to 



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