THE YEARS PROGRESS IN OBSTETRICS
THE YEARS PROGRESS IN OBSTETRICS. FOR several years progress in the art of obstetrics has been mainly along surgical lines, until so much operative work now pertains to the complete practice of this branch, that he who expects to rely upon himself in the hour of emergency must possess surgical skill. Moreover, requirements for the successful practice of obstetrics are daily becoming more exacting. Midwives and incompetents will ultimately be driven out of the field by the lash of public sentiment.