The danger and immodesty of the present too general custom of unnecessarily employing men-midwives Being the letters which lately appeared under the signature of a man-midwife. With an introduction, a treatise on the milk, and an appendix.

In this bold, eighteenth‑century pamphlet the author launches a passionate defense of women's modesty and health, arguing that the growing practice of employing male midwives is both unsafe and morally corrosive. Drawing on observations of post‑natal care, the writer warns new mothers of the physical dangers that can arise in the weeks after delivery when male attendants are present. The essay blends practical advice with a wider social critique, linking the intimate act of childbirth to the larger decay of virtue in contemporary society.

The text also exposes how fashionable gentlemen of the day, more interested in pleasure than principle, encourage the spread of this custom to serve their own libertine pursuits. By contrasting the alleged ‘honour’ of men with the genuine well‑being of wives and children, the author calls for a return to female midwives as guardians of decency. Readers will find a vivid snapshot of a period wrestling with gender roles, medical authority, and the clash between public morality and private desire.