On the Theory and Practice of Midwifery

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Henry Renshaw, 1866 - 835 páginas
 

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Página 687 - April 21st, when, having thoroughly cleansed myself, I resumed my practice, and had no more puerperal fever. " The cases were not confined to a narrow space. The two nearest were half a mile from each other, and half that distance from my residence. The others were from two to three miles apart, and nearly that distance from my residence. There were no other cases in their immediate vicinity which came to my knowledge.
Página 102 - ... parts has its peculiar system of arteries and veins, and its peculiar circulation, receiving blood by its arteries and returning it by its veins; that the circulation through these two parts of the placenta differs in the following manner: in the umbilical portion the arteries terminate in the veins by a continuity of canal, whereas in the uterine portion, there are intermediate cells, into which the arteries terminate, and from which the veins begin.
Página 163 - Transactions of a Society for the Improvement of Medical and Surgical Knowledge, vol ip 34.
Página 80 - ... appearance, and containing a cavity filled with a colourless and pellucid fluid. This hollow spherical body seems to be the true germ;}:. The vesicle containing it disappears, and in its place is seen an elliptical depression filled with a pellucid fluid. In the centre of this depression is the germ, still presenting the appearance of a hollow sphere (par.
Página 348 - ... according to the strength of the patient, and the violence of the attack. Careful inquiry should be made as to the character of the lochial discharge each day, and if necessary the vagina be syringed with warm water.
Página 379 - The local circumstances of the case, such as the position of the head, space in the pelvis, complications, &c. ; these constitute the principal grounds of necessity for the operation, and have been enumerated. 2. The general condition of the patient, and the presence or absence of the symptoms of a prolonged second stage ; if present, their amount, urgency, rapidity of development, &c.
Página 787 - But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Página 525 - ... by milder measures, such as the evacuation of the liquor amnii ; but, at the same time, turning, or any other mode of immediate and forcible delivery of the child, is especially hazardous or impracticable, in consequence of the undilated or undeveloped state of the os uteri, the contraction of the pelvic passages, &c. Or...
Página 94 - ... in its substance; they then expand or belly out a little, and again grow smaller towards their outer or uterine end, which, in by far the greater number of them, is an open mouth when separated from the uterus; how it may be while they are adherent I cannot at present say.
Página 755 - An inquiry into the nature and cause of that swelling, in one or both of the lower extremities, which sometimes happens to lying-in women.

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