This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. Memorandum of Association of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. 1. The name of this Society is the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. 2. The registered office of the Society will be situated in England. 3. The objects for which the Society is established are: --(a) The advancement of literature and science. (b) The reading and discussion, at the meetings of the Society, and sections of the Society, of original papers, essays, or treatises on literary or scientific subjects, written by members of the Society, or communicated to the Society by members on behalf of the authors. (c) The printing and publishing, at the expense of the Society, of such of the said papers, essays, or treatises, as shall, in the opinion of the Society, or its governing body, be of sufficient merit or interest to be worthy of publication. (d) The doing all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the abovementioned objects, or any of them. 4. No subject relating to or involving any question of party politics, or controversial divinity, shall be brought before, or entertained by the Society, or any section thereof, nor shall any discussion of any such subject as last aforesaid be permitted at any meeting of the Society, or any section thereof, and no member or other person shall be allowed, directly or indirectly, to introduce or submit to the Society, or any section thereof, any subject, with a view to pecuniary gain either to himself or any other person. 5. The income and property of the Society, whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Society, as set forth in this Memorandum of Association, and no portion thereof shall be paid or..

The subject of medicalisation of childbirth in colonial India has so far been identified with three major themes: the attempt to reform or ‘sanitise’ the site of birthing practices, establishing lying-in hospitals and replacing traditional birth attendants with trained midwives and qualified female doctors. This book, part of the series The Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia, looks at the interactions between childbirth and midwifery practices and colonial modernities. Taking eastern India as a case study and related research from other areas, with hard empirical data from local government bodies, municipal corporations and district boards, it goes beyond the conventional narrative to show how the late nineteenth-century initiatives to reform birthing practices were essentially a modernist response of the western-educated colonised middle class to the colonial critique of Indian sociocultural codes. It provides a perceptive historical analysis of how institutionalisation of midwifery was shaped by the debates on the women’s question, nationalism and colonial public health policies, all intersecting in the interwar years. The study traces the beginning of medicalisation of childbirth, the professionalisation of obstetrics, the agency of male doctors, inclusion of midwifery as an academic subject in medical colleges and consequences of maternal care and infant welfare. This book will greatly interest scholars and researchers in history, social medicine, public policy, gender studies and South Asian studies.