John Maubray
John Maubray (1700–1732) was a Scottish physician, who practised in London as an early teacher of midwives. He wrote a book called "The Female Physician" published in 1724, and became chairman of the Charitable Corporation.[1]
As a member of a group of London-based man midwives he was a follower of the ideas of the Dutch surgeon, Hendrik van Deventer (1651–1724), whose wife was also a midwife.
The following is a quote from Maubray's "The Female Physician":
"men...being better versed in Anatomy, better acquainted with Physical Helps, and commonly endued with greater presence of Mind, have been always found readier or discreeter, to devise something new, and to give quicker Relief in Cases if difficult or preternatural births, than common midwives generally understand."[2]
Maubray was associated with the peculiar concept of the
References
- S2CID 21533808.
- ^ "John Maubray". dohistory.org.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
Further reading
- Adrian Wilson: The making of man-midwifery: childbirth in England, 1660–1770. Harvard University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-67454-323-8
- Maurice Onslaw: Obstetrical Researches. No 4 The London medical repository, monthly journal, and review. Band 14. S. 356 ff. Thomas and George Underwood, 1820.
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