ectopic gestation. For many years he was active in the Obstetrical Society of London. Last years Cullingworth was prominent in the movement for securing the legal registration of midwives. After the Midwives Act 1902 he was appointed to represent the Incorporated Midwives Institute on the Central Midwives Board which was instituted for the proper working of the Act. He received the honorary degrees of D.C.L. from Durham in 1893 and LL.D. from Aberdeen in 1904; he was a member of numerous gynæcological societies at home and abroad. During his later years Cullingworth suffered from angina pectoris, but continued his work till his death in London on 11 May 1908. He was buried in the St. Marylebone cemetery at Finchley. Works Cullingworth did his major professional work on the causation of pelvic peritonitis, which he maintained was secondary to other conditions, and not a primary disease. On this subject he wrote Clinical Illustrations of the Diseases of the Fallopian Tubes and of Tubal Gestation, a series of drawings with descriptive text and histories of the cases (1895; 3rd edition 1902), and an article on pelvic inflammation for Clifford Allbutt, William Smoult Playfair and Thomas Watts Eden's System of Gynæcology. He also published: The Nurse's Companion, a Manual of General and Monthly Nursing, 1876; A Manual of Nursing, Medical and Surgical (1883; 3rd edit. 1889); and A Short Manual for Monthly Nurses (1884; 6th edit. 1907). On strictly obstetrical and gynæcological topics Cullingworth generally wrote in the Transactions of the Obstetrical Society. He was one of the founders of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynæcology of the British Empire, contributed some papers to it, and during the last two years of his life was its editor. A paper read before the Obstetrical Society in 1892, entitled The value of abdominal section in certain cases of recurrent peritonitis, based on a personal experience of fifty cases, gave rise widespread debate. Family Cullingworth married in April 1882 Emily Mary, daughter of Richard and Harriet Freeman of London, and left one daughter. Notes Attribution External links 1841 births 1908 deaths Burials at East Finchley Cemetery English obstetricians English medical writers People from Leeds Medical doctors from Yorkshire People educated at Wesley College, Sheffield