He in fact briefly stayed with Smellie when he first arrived in London in 1741, but he soon moved away to become an assistant to James Douglas, another Scottish accoucheur. |
By the same token, Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson, MA, MB, Ch.B., FRCS, a Harley Street gynaecologist, provided the ideal accoucheur for the picturesque monster. |
With monstrous growths the accoucheur must depend upon his own resources, ingenuity and knowledge of the mechanism of parturition. |
The disadvantages of the method are entirely with the accoucheur and not to the mother or child. |
His fee as accoucheur on these occasions was, I believe, a considerable one. |
Its position must therefore be changed, and the accoucheur must know how to change it with advantage. |