Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners.

  • Conquest, Dr.
Date:
1854
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    Treatment.—In some instances, where the foetuses were alive, they have been removed by vaginal or abdominal incisions. These operations, however, cannot be recommended, as they were almost in- variably fatal to the mother. If a rupture of the cyst take place, which is marked by the symptoms of internal hasmorrhage, the patient must be laid in the horizontal posture, a very firm bandage should be placed round the abdomen, and stimulants, with astringents, freely administered. When nature has set up an attempt to remove the dead foetus by an ulcerative process, opiates should be given, to allay pain, and the strength must be supported by tonics and nourishing food. Occa- sionally it may be expedient to enlarge the natural opening, in order to facilitate the removal of the bones of the dead foetus. — J. M. W.] OF MONSTERS.* All monsters may be arranged under the four classes of—defective, redundant, malformed or mis- placed, and hybrid, or those begotten by animals of different species. When cases of monstrosity occur, there is gene- rally a disposition in the uterus to expel its contents prematurely, so that it is not usual to have much ob- * Vide Medico-chii'urgical Transactions, vols. v. and viL