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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    cutting pair of scissors; but this is somewhat ha- zardous. 4 [Dr. Baltimore of America has recently devised a mechanical contrivance for the cure of piles and pro- lapsus ani. It consists simply of a wooden seat, which has a deep concavity for the reception of the nates. By this contrivance the soft parts around the rectum are compressed, and the hasraorrhoidal vessels supported. Dr. Baltimore speaks very highly of its curative powers. — J. M. W.] Co7isf.ipation is a very common attendant on preg- nancy, and originates in torpor of the bowels, or in pressure of the gravid uterus. This condition of the intestinal canal might be in a great degree obviated by the regular use of ripe sub-acid fruits, vegetables, and moderate daily exer- cise. Should pharmaceutical interference be neces- sary, the following formula is very well adapted to overcome the affection : — R. Extract! colocynthidis compositi, di*. i. Extracti hyoscyami, gr. xxiv. Contunde bene simul ut fiat massa in pilulas xxiv. fingenda: quarum, capiat duas vel tres, alvo ad- stricta. The daily exhibition of a common enema, so com- monly resorted to on the Continent, is preferable to I the prevalent and pernicious custom in this country I of stimulating the bowels to action by a daily recur- I rence to purgative medicines. I Sometimes the rectum so completely loses its tone I as to become enormously distended with hardened I