Obstetrical Society of London

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] Henry Oldham,^[6] Edward Rigby, William Tyler Smith, Thomas Hawkes Tanner,^[7] and John Edward Tilt.^[8]

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]

Presidents

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

1859 Edward Rigby^[11]
1861 William Tyler Smith^[11]
1863 Henry Oldham^[11]
1865 Robert Barnes^[11]
1867 John Hall Davis^[12]^[11]
1869 Graily Hewitt^[11]
1871 John Braxton Hicks^[11]
1873 Edward John Tilt^[11]
1875 William Overend Priestley^[11]
1877 Charles West^[11]
1879 William Smoult Playfair^[11]
1881 James Matthews Duncan^[11]
1883 Henry Gervis^[11]
1885 John Baptiste Potter^[11]^[13]
1887 John Williams^[11]
1889 Alfred Lewis Galabin^[11]
1891 James Watt Black^[11]^[14]
1893 George Ernest Herman^[11]^[15]
1895 Francis Henry Champneys^[11]^[16]
1897 Charles James Cullingworth^[11]
1899 Alban Doran^[17]
1901 Peter Horrocks^[18]
1903 Edward Malins^[19]
1905 William Radford Dakin^[20]
1907 Herbert Ritchie Spencer, who became President of the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine after the merger.^[21]

Notes

^ "The National Archives, Access to Archives: Royal Society of Medicine Records". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b Philip K. Wilson (1996). Childbirth: The medicalization of obstetrics. Taylor & Francis. pp. 38–9. ISBN 978-0-8153-2231-3.
^ 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.)
^ ^a ^b ^c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Barnes, Robert" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "Munks Roll Details for William Morse Graily Hewitt". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ "Munks Roll Details for Henry Oldham". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ 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.)
^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Tilt, John Edward" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Professor Margaret Stacey (2 September 2003). The Sociology of Health and Healing: A Textbook. Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-134-89793-3.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ "Munks Roll Details for John Hall Davis". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ "Munks Roll Details for John Baptiste Potter". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ "Munks Roll Details for James Watt Black". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ "Munks Roll Details for George Ernest Herman". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ "Munks Roll Details for Sir Francis Henry Champneys". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London Vol. XLIX, (1900) p. v; archive.org.
^ Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London, Vol. XLV, for the Year 1859-1907 (1904) p. ix; archive.org
^ "Munks Roll Details for Sir Edward Malins". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ "Munks Roll Details for William Radford Dakin". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^ 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: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20321096

[1] "The National Archives, Access to Archives: Royal Society of Medicine Records". Retrieved 17 August 2014.

[Wilson1996-2] 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.)

[Barnes-4] 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] "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.

[Moscucci1993-10] 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.

[Trans1900-11] ^ ^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: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20321096

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