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The '''Obstetrical Society of London''' was formed in 1858 and merged in 1907 with the [[Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London]] to form the [[Royal Society of Medicine]] (RSM).<ref name=NationalArchives>{{cite web |title=Royal Society of Medicine Records |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/de419b2c-15cf-4d4e-b94b-cdcb11e54832 |access-date=24 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624111923/https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/de419b2c-15cf-4d4e-b94b-cdcb11e54832 |archive-date=24 June 2023 |language=English |date=1907–1975}}</ref>
The '''Obstetrical Society of London''' existed from 1858 to 1907.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=404-rsm&cid=0#0|title=The National Archives, Access to Archives: ''Royal Society of Medicine Records''|accessdate=17 August 2014}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The Society was set up in 1858, the successor to an Obstetric Society dating from 1825, and in the aftermath of the [[Medical Act 1858]].<ref name="Wilson1996">{{cite book|author=Philip K. Wilson|title=Childbirth: The medicalization of obstetrics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHVyAo50fo8C&pg=PA38|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8153-2231-3|pages=38–9}}</ref> The founding group included James Hobson Aveling,<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=58523|title=Aveling, James Hobson|first=Ornella|last=Moscucci}}</ref> [[Robert Barnes (physician)|Robert Barnes]],<ref name="Barnes">{{cite DNB12|wstitle=Barnes, Robert|volume=1}}</ref> Graily Hewitt,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2171|title=Munks Roll Details for William Morse Graily Hewitt|accessdate=17 August 2014}}</ref> [[Henry Oldham]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/3373|title=Munks Roll Details for Henry Oldham|accessdate=17 August 2014}}</ref> [[Edward Rigby (obstetrician)|Edward Rigby]], [[William Tyler Smith]], [[Thomas Hawkes Tanner]],<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=26964|title=Tanner, Thomas Hawkes|first=Elizabeth|last=Baigent}}</ref> and [[John Edward Tilt]].,<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Tilt, John Edward|volume=56}}</ref> [[Sir Charles Locock]] and Sir George Duncan Gibb.
The Society was set up in 1858, the successor to an Obstetric Society dating from 1825, and in the aftermath of the [[Medical Act 1858]].<ref name="Wilson1996">{{cite book|author=Philip K. Wilson|title=Childbirth: The medicalization of obstetrics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHVyAo50fo8C&pg=PA38|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8153-2231-3|pages=38–9}}</ref> The founding group included James Hobson Aveling,<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=58523|title=Aveling, James Hobson|first=Ornella|last=Moscucci}}</ref> [[Robert Barnes (physician)|Robert Barnes]],<ref name="Barnes">{{cite DNB12|wstitle=Barnes, Robert|volume=1}}</ref> Graily Hewitt,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2171|title=Munks Roll Details for William Morse Graily Hewitt|accessdate=17 August 2014}} {{dead link|date=August 2023}}</ref> [[Henry Oldham]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/3373|title=Munks Roll Details for Henry Oldham|accessdate=17 August 2014}}</ref> [[Edward Rigby (obstetrician)|Edward Rigby]], [[William Tyler Smith]], [[Thomas Hawkes Tanner]],<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=26964|title=Tanner, Thomas Hawkes|first=Elizabeth|last=Baigent}}</ref> and [[John Edward Tilt]].,<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Tilt, John Edward|volume=56}}</ref> [[Sir Charles Locock]] and Sir George Duncan Gibb.


Over its first 15 years the membership of the Society rose to about 600. The Act's proposals included regulation of medical practitioners, taken at the time to include [[midwifery]]; and the Society turned in time to certifying midwives.<ref name="Wilson1996"/> The diploma introduced in 1872 recognised the role of the midwife, in supervising "normal labour".<ref>{{cite book|author=Professor Margaret Stacey|title=The Sociology of Health and Healing: A Textbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jqIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-89793-3|page=92}}</ref>
Over its first 15 years the membership of the Society rose to about 600. The Act's proposals included regulation of medical practitioners, taken at the time to include [[midwifery]]; and the Society turned in time to certifying midwives.<ref name="Wilson1996"/> The diploma introduced in 1872 recognised the role of the midwife, in supervising "normal labour".<ref>{{cite book|author=Professor Margaret Stacey|title=The Sociology of Health and Healing: A Textbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jqIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-89793-3|page=92}}</ref>


A dispute over [[ovariotomy]], which other members opposed, led Barnes to leave and found the British Gynaecological Society in 1884.<ref name="Barnes"/> In the election for the presidency at the end of that year, matters came to a head when Alfred Meadows, supported by Aveling and Barnes, failed to be chosen by the Council.<ref name="Moscucci1993">{{cite book|author=Ornella Moscucci|title=The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szmnVZs_ImsC&pg=PA171|date=22 July 1993|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-44795-9|page=171}}</ref> In 1907 both societies merged into the [[Royal Society of Medicine]].<ref name="Barnes"/>
A dispute over [[ovariotomy]], which other members opposed, led Barnes to leave and found the British Gynaecological Society in 1884.<ref name="Barnes"/> In the election for the presidency at the end of that year, matters came to a head when Alfred Meadows, supported by Aveling and Barnes, failed to be chosen by the Council.<ref name="Moscucci1993">{{cite book|author=Ornella Moscucci|title=The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szmnVZs_ImsC&pg=PA171|date=22 July 1993|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-44795-9|page=171}}</ref> In 1907 both societies merged into the [[Royal Society of Medicine]].<ref name="Barnes"/><ref name=NationalArchives/>


==Presidents==
==Presidents==
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*1867 John Hall Davis<ref name="Trans1900"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/1188|title=Munks Roll Details for John Hall Davis|accessdate=17 August 2014}}</ref>
*1867 John Hall Davis<ref name="Trans1900"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/1188|title=Munks Roll Details for John Hall Davis|accessdate=17 August 2014}}</ref>
*1869 Graily Hewitt<ref name="Trans1900"/>
*1869 Graily Hewitt<ref name="Trans1900"/>
*1870 Ryan Locke<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/67906282|title=Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London. Vol. I-XLIX, for the year 1859-1907. With a list of officers, fellows, etc. ...|last=Obstetrical Society of London.|date=1860-1908|publisher=Longmans, Green and Co|oclc=67906282}}</ref> Became president after one year due to the untimely passing of Graily Hewitt.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2009-04-24|title=ENTOMOLOGIAL SOCIETY OF LONDON|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1894.tb03280.x|journal=Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London|volume=42|issue=5|pages=xlix–xlix|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1894.tb03280.x|issn=0035-8894}}</ref>
*1871 [[John Braxton Hicks]]<ref name="Trans1900"/>
*1871 [[John Braxton Hicks]]<ref name="Trans1900"/>
*1873 [[Edward John Tilt]]<ref name="Trans1900"/>
*1873 [[Edward John Tilt]]<ref name="Trans1900"/>
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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[[Category:Scientific societies based in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Scientific societies based in the United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 21:24, 3 September 2023

The Obstetrical Society of London was formed in 1858 and merged in 1907 with the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London to form the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).[1]

History

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The Society was set up in 1858, the successor to an Obstetric Society dating from 1825, and in the aftermath of the Medical Act 1858.[2] The founding group included James Hobson Aveling,[3] Robert Barnes,[4] Graily Hewitt,[5] Henry Oldham,[6] Edward Rigby, William Tyler Smith, Thomas Hawkes Tanner,[7] and John Edward Tilt.,[8] Sir Charles Locock and Sir George Duncan Gibb.

Over its first 15 years the membership of the Society rose to about 600. The Act's proposals included regulation of medical practitioners, taken at the time to include midwifery; and the Society turned in time to certifying midwives.[2] The diploma introduced in 1872 recognised the role of the midwife, in supervising "normal labour".[9]

A dispute over ovariotomy, which other members opposed, led Barnes to leave and found the British Gynaecological Society in 1884.[4] In the election for the presidency at the end of that year, matters came to a head when Alfred Meadows, supported by Aveling and Barnes, failed to be chosen by the Council.[10] In 1907 both societies merged into the Royal Society of Medicine.[4][1]

Presidents

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Presidents of the Society served a two-year term.[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Royal Society of Medicine Records". 1907–1975. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Philip K. Wilson (1996). Childbirth: The medicalization of obstetrics. Taylor & Francis. pp. 38–9. ISBN 978-0-8153-2231-3.
  3. ^ Moscucci, Ornella. "Aveling, James Hobson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58523. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ a b c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Barnes, Robert" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  5. ^ "Munks Roll Details for William Morse Graily Hewitt". Retrieved 17 August 2014. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Munks Roll Details for Henry Oldham". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. ^ Baigent, Elizabeth. "Tanner, Thomas Hawkes". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26964. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Tilt, John Edward" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  9. ^ Professor Margaret Stacey (2 September 2003). The Sociology of Health and Healing: A Textbook. Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-134-89793-3.
  10. ^ Ornella Moscucci (22 July 1993). The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-521-44795-9.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London Vol. XLIX, (1900) p. ix; archive.org.
  12. ^ "Munks Roll Details for John Hall Davis". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Munks Roll Details for John Baptiste Potter". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Munks Roll Details for James Watt Black". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Munks Roll Details for George Ernest Herman". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  16. ^ "Munks Roll Details for Sir Francis Henry Champneys". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  17. ^ Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London Vol. XLIX, (1900) p. v; archive.org.
  18. ^ Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London, Vol. XLV, for the Year 1859-1907 (1904) p. ix; archive.org
  19. ^ "Munks Roll Details for Sir Edward Malins". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  20. ^ "Munks Roll Details for William Radford Dakin". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  21. ^ Herbert Spencer, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P. Consulting Obstetric Physician, University College Hospital, The British Medical Journal Vol. 2, No. 4210 (Sep. 13, 1941), pp. 389-390, at p. 389. Published by: BMJ. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20321096
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