Midwifery / by ten teachers ; under the direction of Comyns Berkeley ; edited by Sir Comyns Berkeley, H. Russell Andrews, J.S. Fairbairn.

Date:
1917
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Credit: Midwifery / by ten teachers ; under the direction of Comyns Berkeley ; edited by Sir Comyns Berkeley, H. Russell Andrews, J.S. Fairbairn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE Tuts book is frankly written for students preparing for their final examination, and in the hope that it will prove useful to them afterwards, and to others who have passed beyond the stage of examinations. ‘An effort has been made to overcome to some degree the disadvantages of collective authorship. Though the subjects dealt with have been in the first instance portioned out among the ten writers whose names appear on the previous page, each manuscript has been typed, manifolded and distributed among the whole body. Numerous meetings have been held, and the whole of the matter has been criticized, amended, and partly re-written, so as to include, as far as can be, the views of all. In other words, the whole corps has acted in an editorial and revisional capacity on every chapter and section of the book, both text and illustrations. Thus the responsibility is general, and perhaps the book will be found to have acquired more uniform characteristics than is generally possible with collective authorship. The writers have certain qualifications for producing a text- book of midwifery for students. They are all teachers in London medical schools, and most of them have had experience as examiners. Among them are represented eight general hospitals with medical schools and the three large lying-in hospitals. If the volume contains the collective wisdom and experience of all the schools it represents, it will surely prove that there is a place for this new movement in the production of students’ text-books. Lonpon, April, 1917.