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The petition of the unborn babes : to the censors of the Royal College of Physicians of London / Frank Nicholls
An attack on male midwives, written from the point of view of children who died in childbirth through the malpractice of Drs. “Pocus, Maulus and their confederates.” Initials T[homas] W[indsor] and notes appear on cover. Copy of work printed in London for M. Cooper in 1751.
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Nicholls, Frank, 1699-1778. The petition of the unborn babes : to the censors of the Royal College of Physicians of London / Frank Nicholls. [1751]. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 77.
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Nicholls, Frank, 1699-1778. The petition of the unborn babes : to the censors of the Royal College of Physicians of London / Frank Nicholls. [1751]. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 77. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/1126 Accessed July 26, 2025.