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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    and some gentle cordial or stimulant should be ex- hibited. Should the circulation in the funis have ceased, no possible advantage can arise from deferring the sepa- ration of the child from the mother; but, should the pulsation be going on feeldy, without respiration having commenced, it may be well not to divide the funis until the child decidedly breathes or cries. The funis of a still-born child never ouglat to be tied immediately, because it will be often found that feeble, and laborious, and even suspended respiration (not unfrequentl)'- the consequence of long-continued pressure of the brain) will be changed to perfect and regular l)reat]iing, by permitting a drachm or two of blood to flow. A warm bath is iinproper, liecause, independently of its deiDressing influence on the muscular and nervous systems, it deprives the surfice of the body of the stinmlating power of tlie atmospheric air, tlie oxygen of which, acting on the extremities of tlie nerves of the skin, greatly assists in carrying on the functions of life. [Dr. Radford has strongly recommended Galvanism as a means of resuscitating aspliyxiated infants, and there is every reason to supp'^se that it will prove a valuable adjunct to other remedies.—J. M. AV.]