Synopsis of the diastaltic nervous system / By Marshall Hall.

  • Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.
Date:
[1850?]
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Credit: Synopsis of the diastaltic nervous system / By Marshall Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    OBSTETRICS BASED ON THE DIASTALTIC SYSTEM. 208. Conception and parturition are principally diastaltic spinal Acts. The science and art of Obstetrics are, therefore, chiefly founded on the doctrine of The Diastaltic Nervous System. 209. I have mentioned this fact in various parts of my writings*. In 1841, I wrote—‘ The whole question of abortion and parturition, and, in a word, of Obstetrics as a science, is one of the true spinal system ; and he will do humanity great service who, with suitable opportunities, will trace it fully]*.’ And— 210. ‘ It is plain that much of the science of Midwifery belongs to the subject of the true spinal system ; and I doubt not that many im- provements in this branch of medicine will result from our knowledge of this system. Inertia of the uterus may probably be remedied by some of the agents which operate on the incident nerves, especially the impulse of cold water. I have witnessed the beneficial effect of dashing cold water over the hypogastric region in continued uterine hsemorrhagy. * I refer my reader to my 8vo volume on the ‘ Diseases and Derangements of the Nervous System,’ pp. 74—76, 112, 114, 341, &c. ; to my £ New Memoir,’ p. 56 ; to my ‘ Observations and Suggestions,’ Series 1, p. 150; &c. &c. t See ‘ Diseases and Derangements,’ p. 341.