There are bad consequences attending the practice which I have not mentioned. It is productive of danger, and of many evils, even when followed by the most eminent men in London;—who can fix limits then to its pernicious consequences, when a set of _raw, unskillful young_ men are turned loose through this town—round its skirts—and over the whole kingdom, and are received by the credulous multitude with no other recommendation than the words over the door of “⸺, _Surgeon and Man-midwife_?” Boys think themselves qualified for Men-midwives, by having attended one or two courses of lectures under Doctor Hunter,—or, perhaps, without having heard any lectures at all, or ever having seen a subject anatomized, start from behind an apothecary’s counter—and begin their career, murdering of infants without mercy; and with impunity laying the foundation for cancers, and the most dreadful diseases in women;—not to mention the chance of their ruining the peace of families, by introducing vice and discord, where health and harmony might otherwise have gladdened their serene dwellings.—They know enough of the ways requisite to use force;⸺they have heard female Midwives blamed for allowing tedious labours;⸺they think they will be deemed expert, in proportion _to the quickness_ with which they bring the child into the world,—and the mischiefs they of course give rise to are innumerable! It is not in the nature of things possible that _a young man_, ever so well qualified _by study_, can be _a safe_ Midwife—how dreadful then must the situations be of those poor women who are in the hands of the numberless men who practice that business throughout England!⸺The people ignorantly take for granted _THAT THE SEX constitutes knowledge—insures safety_! The truth is, _THE SEX alone is sufficient_ to render ANY KNOWLEDGE destructive in _general_ practice. If the men _must be introduced_ into _the privacies_ of women, I would earnestly recommend it as _THE MOST ESSENTIAL qualification_ requisite TO PREPARE them for the study, that they submit to having their _VOICES made delicate_. And here I should have finished my letter, and the subject, if I had not seen an Essay in the Gazetteer of the 17th, signed “Old Chiron,” which I cannot avoid making some remarks on, before I conclude. The author of it uses tolerable language, and probably could write pretty well on any other subject. He has done as much as could have been attempted in order _to continue_ the delusive error which blinds mankind. He knew he had _not Truth_ on his side—he has therefore _put words together, without argument_⸺he has boldly denied, what it is impossible to disprove⸺he has _as_ boldly _asserted WHAT NEVER HAPPENED_—and then _laughed-off_ facts, trusting _by ridicule_ to conceal their existence. The pen of _Junius_ could not defend the women who use men.