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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] C. Hewitt, Edward Rigby, William Tyler Smith, Thomas Hawkes Tanner,[5] and John Edward Tilt.[6]

The Act's proposals included regulation of medical practioners, taken at the time to include midwifery; and the Society turned in time certifying midwives. Over its first 15 years the membership rose to about 600.[2]

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. p. 38. 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. ^ 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.)
  6. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Tilt, John Edward" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  7. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Rigby, Edward (1804-1860)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  8. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Smith, William Tyler" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  9. ^ "Whonamedit - John Braxton Hicks". Whonamedit?. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  10. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Priestley, William Overend" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  11. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Playfair, William Smoult" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  12. ^ Susie Steinbach (25 July 2013). Women in England 1760-1914: A Social History. Orion. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-78022-666-8.
  13. ^ 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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