. A system of obstetrics . 3 obliging every practising obstetrician in Amsterdam to purchase thesecret, and with his associates formed an autocratic medical associationwhich ruled obstetric practice without compunction. Meanwhile, a forceps resembling the Chamberlen instrument was insa of introduction and use by Drinkwater, an English physician(16G8), by Van Salingen at The Hague, and Slevogt of Jena (1709).Chamberlen is mentioned in 1697 as having delivered a child withhis speculum matricis, probably his In 1716, Palfyn, a Dutchsurgeon, exhibited to the Academy of Sciences of Paris
. A system of obstetrics . 3 obliging every practising obstetrician in Amsterdam to purchase thesecret, and with his associates formed an autocratic medical associationwhich ruled obstetric practice without compunction. Meanwhile, a forceps resembling the Chamberlen instrument was insa of introduction and use by Drinkwater, an English physician(16G8), by Van Salingen at The Hague, and Slevogt of Jena (1709).Chamberlen is mentioned in 1697 as having delivered a child withhis speculum matricis, probably his In 1716, Palfyn, a Dutchsurgeon, exhibited to the Academy of Sciences of Paris a forceps of hisinvention, often styled Palfyns hands. It was severely condemnedby La Motte, a contemporary authority, but the blades were joined by1 leister of Altdorf in 1739, and it was highly esteemed by him andothers. A plea for priority in the invention of the forceps has beenentered in favor of Palfyn, but it is difficult to assign an absolutepriority to any one in the invention of an instrument so gradually Fig.
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