Obstetrical Society of London
The Obstetrical Society of London existed from 1858 to 1907.[1]
History
The Society was set up in 1858, the successor to an Obstetric Society dating from 1825, and in the aftermath of the Medical Act 1858. [2] The founding group included James Hobson Aveling,[3] Robert Barnes,[4] Graily Hewitt,[5] Henry Oldham,[6] Edward Rigby, William Tyler Smith, Thomas Hawkes Tanner,[7] and John Edward Tilt.[8]
Over its first 15 years the membership of the Society rose to about 600. The Act's proposals included regulation of medical practitioners, taken at the time to include midwifery; and the Society turned in time to certifying midwives.[2] The diploma introduced in 1872 recognised the role of the midwife, in supervising "normal labour".[9]
A dispute over ovariotomy, which other members opposed, led Barnes to leave and found the British Gynaecological Society in 1884.[4] In the election for the presidency at the end of that year, matters came to a head when Alfred Meadows, supported by Aveling and Barnes, failed to be chosen by the Council.[10] In 1907 both societies merged into the Royal Society of Medicine.[4]
Presidents
Presidents of the Society served a two-year term.[11]
- 1859 Edward Rigby[11]
- 1861 William Tyler Smith[11]
- 1863 Henry Oldham[11]
- 1865 Robert Barnes[11]
- 1867 John Hall Davis[12][11]
- 1869 Graily Hewitt[11]
- 1871 John Braxton Hicks[11]
- 1873 Edward John Tilt[11]
- 1875 William Overend Priestley[11]
- 1877 Charles West[11]
- 1879 William Smoult Playfair[11]
- 1881 James Matthews Duncan[11]
- 1883 Henry Gervis[11]
- 1885 John Baptiste Potter[11][13]
- 1887 John Williams[11]
- 1889 Alfred Lewis Galabin[11]
- 1891 James Watt Black[11][14]
- 1893 George Ernest Herman[11][15]
- 1895 Francis Henry Champneys[11][16]
- 1897 Charles James Cullingworth[11]
- 1899 Alban Doran[17]
- 1901 Peter Horrocks[18]
- 1903 Edward Malins[19]
- 1905 William Radford Dakin[20]
- 1907 Herbert Ritchie Spencer, who became President of the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine after the merger.[21]
Notes
- ^ "The National Archives, Access to Archives: Royal Society of Medicine Records". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ a b Philip K. Wilson (1996). Childbirth: The medicalization of obstetrics. Taylor & Francis. pp. 38–9. ISBN 978-0-8153-2231-3.
- ^ Moscucci, Ornella. "Aveling, James Hobson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58523. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for William Morse Graily Hewitt". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for Henry Oldham". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Baigent, Elizabeth. "Tanner, Thomas Hawkes". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26964. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Professor Margaret Stacey (2 September 2003). The Sociology of Health and Healing: A Textbook. Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-134-89793-3.
- ^ Ornella Moscucci (22 July 1993). The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-521-44795-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London Vol. XLIX, (1900) p. ix; archive.org.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for John Hall Davis". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for John Baptiste Potter". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for James Watt Black". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for George Ernest Herman". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for Sir Francis Henry Champneys". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London Vol. XLIX, (1900) p. v; archive.org.
- ^ Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London, Vol. XLV, for the Year 1859-1907 (1904) p. ix; archive.org
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for Sir Edward Malins". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for William Radford Dakin". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Herbert Spencer, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P. Consulting Obstetric Physician, University College Hospital, The British Medical Journal Vol. 2, No. 4210 (Sep. 13, 1941) , pp. 389-390, at p. 389. Published by: BMJ. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20321096
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