Excerpt from The Homeopathic Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Paedology, Vol. 9: January, 1887 Thirty-eight years ago last spring my friend the late Doctor Thomas Daugherty, and late Professor of Physiol ogy in the Baltimore Medical College, remarked to me in conversation a few months after our graduation, When we have had ten years practical experience, we will care but very little for medical authorities. Long before the ten years had expired I had learned to think and act for myself in regard to rupturing the mem branes. Many a time have I notched the nail of my index finger to convert it into a saw, to cut through the tense and tough membranes that would neither yield to the pressure of the water nor to the pressure of the head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.