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==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=http://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> C. Hewitt, [[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>
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=http://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> [[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>


Over its first 15 years the membership of the Society rose to about 600. The Act's proposals included regulation of medical practioners, 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=http://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 practioners, 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=http://books.google.com/books?id=4jqIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-89793-3|page=92}}</ref>

Revision as of 13:25, 17 August 2014

The Obstetrical Society of London existed from 1858 to 1907.[1]

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. [2] The founding group included James Hobson Aveling,[3] Robert Barnes,[4] Graily Hewitt,[5] Edward Rigby, William Tyler Smith, Thomas Hawkes Tanner,[6] and John Edward Tilt.[7]

Over its first 15 years the membership of the Society rose to about 600. The Act's proposals included regulation of medical practioners, 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".[8]

A dispute over ovariotomy, which other members opposed, led Barnes to leave and found the British Gynaecological Society in 1884. In 1907 both societies merged into the Royal Society of Medicine.[4]

Presidents

Notes

  1. ^ "The National Archives, Access to Archives: Royal Society of Medicine Records". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  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 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.
  6. ^ 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.)
  7. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Tilt, John Edward" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  8. ^ Professor Margaret Stacey (2 September 2003). The Sociology of Health and Healing: A Textbook. Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-134-89793-3.
  9. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Rigby, Edward (1804-1860)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  10. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Smith, William Tyler" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  11. ^ "Whonamedit - John Braxton Hicks". Whonamedit?. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  12. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Priestley, William Overend" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  13. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Playfair, William Smoult" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  14. ^ Susie Steinbach (25 July 2013). Women in England 1760-1914: A Social History. Orion. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-78022-666-8.
  15. ^ Jones, R. Brinley. "Williams, Sir John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95028. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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