“ItistotheBritishpractitioner，“saysDr。Rigby，“thatweareindebtedforstronglyinsistinguponthisimportantanddangerouscharacterofpuerperalfever。“
ThenamesofGordon，JohnClarke，Denman，Burns，Young，Hamilton，Haighton，Good，Waller；Blundell，Gooch，Ramsbotham，Douglas，Lee，Ingleby，Locock，Abercrombie，Alison；Travers，Rigby，andWatson，manyofwhosewritingsIhavealreadyreferredto，mayhavesomeinfluencewiththosewhoprefertheweightofauthoritiestothesimpledeductionsoftheirownreasonfromthefactslaidbeforethem。AfewContinentalwritershaveadoptedsimilarconclusions。Itgivesmepleasuretoremember，thatwhilethedoctrinehasbeenunceremoniouslydiscreditedinoneoftheleadingJournals，andmadeverylightofbyteachersintwooftheprincipalMedicalSchools，ofthiscountry，Dr。Channinghasformanyyearsinculcated，andenforcedbyexamples，thedangertobeapprehendedandtheprecautionstobetakeninthediseaseunderconsideration。
Ihavenowishtoexpressanyharshfeelingwithregardtothepainfulsubjectwhichhascomebeforeus。Ifthereareanysofarexcitedbythestoryofthesedreadfuleventsthattheyaskforsomewordofindignantremonstrancetoshowthatsciencedoesnotturntheheartsofitsfollowersintoiceorstone，letmeremindthemthatsuchwordshavebeenutteredbythosewhospeakwithanauthorityI
couldnotclaim。ItisasalessonratherthanasareproachthatI
callupthememoryoftheseirreparableerrorsandwrongs。Notonguecantelltheheart-breakingcalamitytheyhavecaused；theyhaveclosedtheeyesjustopeneduponanewworldofloveandhappiness；