"I am, therefore, inclinable, since very much of my Practice will lie among the Ladies, to call myself a Mind-Midwife: Insinuating, by that Hint, That I can see 'em as safely brought to Bed of their Affectation, and other spiritual Conceptions, as they can be assisted, in their Matrimonal Pregnancies, by the bodily Brothers of my Profession."
The Plain Dealer, No. 23 
Text from <u>The Plain Dealer: Being Select Essays on Several Curious Subjects: Relating to Friendship, ... Poetry, and Other Branches of Polite Literature. Publish'd originally in the year 1724. And Now First Collected into Two Volumes</u> (London: Printed for S. Richardson, and A. Wilde, 1730.) &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004891141.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004891141.0001.002">Link to Vol. II in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;
