At the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, held at Boston in June, 1865, it was, upon recommendation of the Section on Practical Medicine and Obstetrics,—
Resolved, That the Committee on Publication be requested to adopt such appropriate measures as will insure a speedy and general circulation of the Prize Essay written for women; provided this can be done without expense to the Association.
CONTENTS.
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| Prefatory Remarks | 5 | |
| [I.] | Origin and Purpose of the Present Essay | 11 |
| [II.] | What has been done by Physicians to Foster, and what to Prevent, the Evil | 15 |
| [III.] | What is the True Nature of an Intentional Abortion when not Requisite to Save the Life of the Mother | 27 |
| [IV.] | The Inherent Dangers of Abortion to a Woman's Health and to her Life | 36 |
| [V.] | The Frequency of Forced Abortions, even among the Married | 62 |
| [VI.] | The Excuses and Pretexts that are given for the Act | 70 |
| [VII.] | Alternatives, Public and Private, and Measures of Relief | 74 |
| [VIII.] | Recapitulation | 79 |
| [APPPENDIX.]—Correspondence | 88 |
PREFATORY REMARKS.
It will be noticed that in the following Essay, the recipient of the special prize for 1864-5 of the American Medical Association, its author makes frequent reference, as to those of another, to his own previous labors. This circumstance, now that his identity has been revealed, might at first seem an infringement of the rules of good taste. In the facts, however, that he felt compelled to take unusual pains to conceal that identity prior to the decision of the Committee, with all of whose members he has long enjoyed intimate acquaintance, and that little other published material as yet exists, from which to draw upon this subject, save his own, he places his excuse, and throws himself upon the generous sympathy and forbearance of his readers.