Facts and observations relative to the fever commonly called puerperal / by John Armstrong.

  • Armstrong, John, 1784-1829.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Facts and observations relative to the fever commonly called puerperal / by John Armstrong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. Page Preface v History of the Puerperal Fever 2 Diagnosis .., 18 Progmrlo 34 Prevention 46 Pathological Remarks 61 Treatment 76 The Character of the Stages considered in relation to the use of Bleeding, Purging, &c 77 Unsuccessful Cases 89 Successful Cases 91 Protracted Case of Catherine Bewick gs Case of Mrs. R. arrested speedily 113 Cases of the Hospital Puerperal Fever 124 Result of the Author's Experience in the Puerperal Fever in the Metropolis 148 Communicated Facts on the Hospital Puerperal Fever.. 151 Quotation from the MS. Lectures of Dr. William Hunter 152 Remarks upon it 154 Observations on Purgatives and Laxatives 161 The Opinion of Erasistratus respecting the Changes which purgative Medicines induce in the Appearance of the Stools 168 Hints on the Utility of attending to this Opinion in Practice 169 Remarks on the Utility of Opium in Inflammation of the Stomach, Bowels, &c 170