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QUESTIONS TO MR. JEWEL.
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petendy-educated practitioner
QUESTIONS TO MR. JEWEL.
dom. who would not have had
in the
recourse
king-
to the
operation of cephalotomy, or is tbHe any of THE LANCET. teacher besides Mr. Jewel who could have SIR,—The Inquest held at Hampton be- approved of any other practice ? fore a coroner who was miserably incompeiiaving asserted on oath that the Hamptent, because not an intelligent member of ton practitioner had acted properly in this the medical profession, has suggested to me case, whydid Mr. Jewel decline to answer the followingquestions, which I trustyou will the question, whether "in the position in To the Editor
give
your
me
permission, through the medium of which he found the faetus, he himself would valuable publication, to put to have pursued the same course!"
most
Mr. Jewel, one of the medical witnesses on Did Mr. Jewel ever receive instructions that very melancholy occasion. in the art of midwifery? It he did, it may I have the honour to be, like yourself, a’ be useful to the students of the present day friend to the cause of public justice, and to be made acquainted with the name of his. teacher. If not, how could he dare to set Sir, your CONSTANT READER. for a teacher himself? In the state of mutilation in which the) It is in evidence, that the medical attendchild was found upon inspectioti of the body ant on Frances Clark used very great force, " that he put his back against the wall, and of the deceased Frances Clark, how could that 14 something Mr. Jewel take upon him to say, that " the his feet against the sound was like a gave way, that only part which could have been felt duting then bit of stick breaking, and that both the the labour had been the cheek ?" Ou what principle does illr. Jewel pre- witnesses saw a child’s arm pulled off;" sume the removal of the arms of the child, does Mr. Jewel still persist that the mediits mother having had a full sized pelvis, cal man who could do all this, was not to; and having previously given birth to living blame in the treatment he adopted’! If not, children at the full period of gestation, to he shouid forthwith publish an honest re-catitation of his error, as some small, but the have been " perfectlyjustifiable 1" Where has Mr. Jewel seen the practice only, compensation now in his power, to the’ in cases of cheek presentation, of " bring- cause ot humanity and public justice, which ing down the breech with a blunt hook 1" he has so deeply injured. Does he teach this practice in his lectures, or has he heard of any other teacher of midwifery, either in this country, or in any other, who has ever directed or adopted it? ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL. Will he also be kind enough to refer me to " any authority for the practice of breaking the spine of the foetus with a boot-hook, or CLINICAL LECTURE even with a common blunt hook," in cases DELIVERED BY of presentation of the cheek1 lu any case of presentation of the arms, DR. ELLIOTSON, however large the child might be, is it usual, or has it ever been recommended by a comOct. 11, 1830.
up
bed,"
the
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authority, to remove such presenting by wrenching’, or even by the more PARALYSIS AGITANS. decorous operation of excision? If not, how came Alr. Jewel to give his opinion on GENTLEMEN,—The physician whose turn oath, thdt the Hampton practitioner was in the hospital it is on any week to make a not to blame in the treatment he adopted? selection of the cases which are admitted, If the head of the child had not engaged" generally takes under his own care those in, nor entered deeply into, the cavity of the which are acute, and having made choice of
petent arms,
"
B
at the cnmmencement of the opera- a sufficient number to fin the vacant beds in ttc, what was there to prevent tiie attempt his own wards, distributes to the other phyof effecting the delivery by turning, an ope- sicians the remaining cases, which are, for ration which, Mr. Jewel should know, con- the most part, chronic, though now and then, sists in the bringing down of the child’s as you may suppose, an acute case is feet, and not the arms, as was practised in amongst them. Of the medical patients adthis unfortunate case ! If, on the mitted last Thursday under myself, six hand, the head, cheek or face foremost,! were men and six were women. Among had got down into the pelvis, and there (in the men is a case of shaking palsy, and consequence of the incompetency of nature another of palsy of the wrists arising from to effect its expulsion, or of art its safe ddi- lead; one of a very curious nature,—hemicrry with the forceps) bad become strongly plegic palsy, in which half the body onlv is aud uum3veably impacted, is there a comand that only for a certain number
pelvis
B
other
affected,
petendy-educated practitioner
QUESTIONS TO MR. JEWEL.
dom. who would not have had
in the
recourse
king-
to the
operation of cephalotomy, or is tbHe any of THE LANCET. teacher besides Mr. Jewel who could have SIR,—The Inquest held at Hampton be- approved of any other practice ? fore a coroner who was miserably incompeiiaving asserted on oath that the Hamptent, because not an intelligent member of ton practitioner had acted properly in this the medical profession, has suggested to me case, whydid Mr. Jewel decline to answer the followingquestions, which I trustyou will the question, whether "in the position in To the Editor
give
your
me
permission, through the medium of which he found the faetus, he himself would valuable publication, to put to have pursued the same course!"
most
Mr. Jewel, one of the medical witnesses on Did Mr. Jewel ever receive instructions that very melancholy occasion. in the art of midwifery? It he did, it may I have the honour to be, like yourself, a’ be useful to the students of the present day friend to the cause of public justice, and to be made acquainted with the name of his. teacher. If not, how could he dare to set Sir, your CONSTANT READER. for a teacher himself? In the state of mutilation in which the) It is in evidence, that the medical attendchild was found upon inspectioti of the body ant on Frances Clark used very great force, " that he put his back against the wall, and of the deceased Frances Clark, how could that 14 something Mr. Jewel take upon him to say, that " the his feet against the sound was like a gave way, that only part which could have been felt duting then bit of stick breaking, and that both the the labour had been the cheek ?" Ou what principle does illr. Jewel pre- witnesses saw a child’s arm pulled off;" sume the removal of the arms of the child, does Mr. Jewel still persist that the mediits mother having had a full sized pelvis, cal man who could do all this, was not to; and having previously given birth to living blame in the treatment he adopted’! If not, children at the full period of gestation, to he shouid forthwith publish an honest re-catitation of his error, as some small, but the have been " perfectlyjustifiable 1" Where has Mr. Jewel seen the practice only, compensation now in his power, to the’ in cases of cheek presentation, of " bring- cause ot humanity and public justice, which ing down the breech with a blunt hook 1" he has so deeply injured. Does he teach this practice in his lectures, or has he heard of any other teacher of midwifery, either in this country, or in any other, who has ever directed or adopted it? ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL. Will he also be kind enough to refer me to " any authority for the practice of breaking the spine of the foetus with a boot-hook, or CLINICAL LECTURE even with a common blunt hook," in cases DELIVERED BY of presentation of the cheek1 lu any case of presentation of the arms, DR. ELLIOTSON, however large the child might be, is it usual, or has it ever been recommended by a comOct. 11, 1830.
up
bed,"
the
.-
authority, to remove such presenting by wrenching’, or even by the more PARALYSIS AGITANS. decorous operation of excision? If not, how came Alr. Jewel to give his opinion on GENTLEMEN,—The physician whose turn oath, thdt the Hampton practitioner was in the hospital it is on any week to make a not to blame in the treatment he adopted? selection of the cases which are admitted, If the head of the child had not engaged" generally takes under his own care those in, nor entered deeply into, the cavity of the which are acute, and having made choice of
petent arms,
"
B
at the cnmmencement of the opera- a sufficient number to fin the vacant beds in ttc, what was there to prevent tiie attempt his own wards, distributes to the other phyof effecting the delivery by turning, an ope- sicians the remaining cases, which are, for ration which, Mr. Jewel should know, con- the most part, chronic, though now and then, sists in the bringing down of the child’s as you may suppose, an acute case is feet, and not the arms, as was practised in amongst them. Of the medical patients adthis unfortunate case ! If, on the mitted last Thursday under myself, six hand, the head, cheek or face foremost,! were men and six were women. Among had got down into the pelvis, and there (in the men is a case of shaking palsy, and consequence of the incompetency of nature another of palsy of the wrists arising from to effect its expulsion, or of art its safe ddi- lead; one of a very curious nature,—hemicrry with the forceps) bad become strongly plegic palsy, in which half the body onlv is aud uum3veably impacted, is there a comand that only for a certain number
pelvis
B
other
affected,