Excerpt from The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 42: Being a Half-Yearly Journal, Containing a Retrospective View of Every Discovery and Practical Improvement in the Medical Sciences; January, 1861 Few special branches of our Profession now engross more of the attention of Medical practitioners than does this subject, and when we include the Diseases peculiar to Children, this branch of Medicine. Becomes still more comprehensive, and requires still more industry and reading to keep up with the literature of the day. For these reasons we have for some time re printed. From each of our larger volumes, a pamphlet which the Medical practitioner might easily carry in his pocket, and read at the bed-side, whilst passing some of those wearisome hours which his irksome duties call upon him to spend. In this little pamphlet the Obstetric practitioner will find most of the facts and ideas which have been published in various papers during the last six months, on the subject of Midwifery and the Diseases of Women. It will thus save him immense trouble and labour in referring to all the published literature of Great Britain, Ireland, and America. And enable him in an hour or two, to make himself master of things which have taken us many weeks. And even months, to collect and condense. Amongst other things, we will first direct the reader's attention to a new pair of Forceps, in great use in America. And especiflly by Dr. Knight, of Baltimore. We have long thought-that the forceps required improvement - that they might be made smaller and fit the head better, thus running less risk of lacerating the per iaeum. The forceps of Dr. Knight. Described in the first article on Mid wifery. Seem to us to deserve the attention of the British practitioner. They are smaller, more easily applied, fit the head better, have no fenestra, and possess other advantages which Dr. Knight describes. 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.