The midwives' pocket book.

  • Honnor Morten
Date:
1897
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The midwives' pocket book. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    3. In the event of the mother not suckHng the child, how would you manage the breasts ? 4. What means do you adopt to prevent inflamma- tion of the eyes in the newly-born child ? October, 1896 :— 1. If a woman during pregnancy suffer from dropsical swelling of the hands and face, what particular danger or complication might be feared and what special precautions ought to be taken ? 2. Give the more usual causes of delay in the first stage of labour. What treatment would you adopt before sending for assistance ? 3. Give in detail the method you would adopt in giving a vaginal douche to a lying-in woman, the solutions suitable for this purpose and the special dangers to be avoided. 4. State the level to which the upper border of the womb reaches : (i) after the conclusion of the third stage of labour, and (2) on the tenth day after labour. What conditions of surrounding organs may affect this level? I V
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