HYPNOTISM NOT PERMITTED BY OBSTETRIC COLLEGE
Hypnotism as an aid to painless childbirth has been banned in confinements attended by members of the Royal College of Midwives. College officials announced this decision at a meeting—attended by village midwives, as well as obstetric experts from the biggest maternity hospitals—to discuss easier childbirth. The Professor of Obstetrics at Birmingham University, Dr Hilda Lloyd, said, “Hypnotism is all hooey. It would be quite wrong to allow it in confinements. We must apply scientific medical ideas, not pseudo-magic.” The Midwives’ College education officer, Miss Mary Carpenter, said. “The college does not approve of hypnotism in childbirth, not only because we think it undesirable, but because the Royal College of Obstetricians has refused to recognise it for confinements.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 June 1948, Page 8
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