Gunning S. Bedford

Gunning S. Bedford (1806 – 5 September 1870) was a medical writer. Quotes Wealth, aristocracy, ancestry, all must wane before the lights of knowledge. It is the surest bulwark of our country, and if we wish to perpetuate the glorious charter of our liberties, our only bond of security will be the preservation of science. Let us remember that we the people are the guardians of our common country; on us devolves the responsible duty of preserving pure and unsullied the precious inheritance transmitted to us. Eulogy on the Late James M. Pendleton (1832) How, permit me to ask, can you render aid, with any well-founded hope of success, unless your minds be previously imbued with the mechanism by which, when not interfered with, the delivery of the child is accomplished? In one word, gentlemen, in affording this assistance, you become nature's substitute; but to be her substitute, in truth and in effect, you must have been her disciple, and learned, from her own teachings, the series of processes which, in the aggregate, make up what is known as the mechanism of labor. In this way only can you aid her, when subjected to influences which she herself cannot resist. The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics (1863) External links Category:1806 births Category:Medical authors Category:1870 deaths