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

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    phates of zinc, or copper, or alum, or nitrate of silver, of such strength as will, upon application, produce a slight degree of pain. But if the nipples be ex- tremely sensible, the application of almond or palm oil, or of the mucilago acacicB, or of the albuminous part of an erjcj, frequently applied by means of a camel's hair pencil, will act as a defence, and facilitate the re-establishment of the healthy condition of the nipples. [It is highly expedient that a system of harden- ing the nipples should be adopted many months before delivery. This may be effected by washing them daily with brandy, tincture of myrrh, or salt and water. The nipples may be often kept intact by squeezing, drying, and sprinkling them with arrow-root after each application of the infant to the breast.— J. M. W.] OF ASPHYXIA, OR SUSPENDED ANIMA- TION AT BIRTH. To understand the cause of Asphyxia in new-born infants, it must be borne in mind that the placenta supplies to the foetus in utero the want of respiration. If by pressure on the umbilical cord, or by detach- ment of the placenta, the foetus is depi'ived of the natural supply of blood before respiration commences, it is in the condition of an adult deprived of atmo- spheric air.