Talk:William Smellie (obstetrician)

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check it out
You may want to review the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine article that claims Smellie and Hunter contracted out murders of pregnant women to gain specimes. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/07/british-obstetrics-founders-murders-claim For $20 you can get access to the JRSM article http://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/103/2/46 4.249.63.80 (talk) 18:16, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * You beat me to it! I was about to post as follows:


 * In today's BBC Radio 4Today Programme the author of a recent paper[1] claimed that the obstetricians Smellie and Hunter are the anatomists depicted in Hogarth's The rewards of cruelty - and that they had many pregnant women murdered in order to acquire the cadavers they needed for their anatomical studies.


 * 1. Shelton DC. The Emperor's new clothes. J R Soc Med 2010;103(2):46-50.


 * --peter_english (talk) 09:40, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Editing This Article
Hello! I am thinking of editing this article by discussing more about William Smellie's relation to other scientists of the time such as Carlos Linnaeus and his views and knowledge of botany in medicine. I would also like to discuss his magnus opus The Philosophy of Natural History. Any feedback would be much appreciated! Thank you. Scarycheerio123 (talk) 05:26, 24 February 2017 (UTC)Scarycheerio123

Plans to Edit this page
Helllo! My name is KP and I am part of the History of Modern Medicine class working to edit some historical medical topics by adding new analysis and information from varying sources. I plan on talking more about William Smellie's work with corpses and the stigma against their work. Any feedback would be great! Thanks! - Scarycheerio123 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scarycheerio123 (talk • contribs) 04:04, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi! This is BaiCaiXue. I would like to add more on Smellie's pioneering role as a male in the field of obstetrics and his contributions to the field (including teaching, improved forceps/procedures for using them, and the anatomy of pregnancy/labor). BaiCaiXue (talk) 04:28, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Collaboration
I will start writing about the murder controversies that William Smellie is accused of with John Hunter. BaiCaiXue would you like to talk about his collaborations with other scientists and his famous books he wrote? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scarycheerio123 (talk • contribs) 04:32, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi KP, I was going to write about his contributions to obstetrics like I stated before and if he collaborated with others to make these advancements I'll mention them. Is that alright or did you want a section specifically talking about his work with other scientists? Also, I can write about his books. I was thinking The Philosophy of Natural History", "A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery", and "A Sett of Anatomical Tables, with Explanations, and an Abridgement, of the Practice of Midwifery. BaiCaiXue (talk) 14:51, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

BCX- I would also like to add an infobox to this pageBaiCaiXue (talk) 03:09, 4 March 2017 (UTC)