A report, made by order of government, of a memoir, containing a new, easy, and succesful method of treating the child-bed or puerperal fever, made use of / by the late M. Doulcet ... ; translated from the French ; to which are added notes ... by John Whitehead.

  • Doulcet, Denis-Claude, 1722-1782.
Date:
1783
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Credit: A report, made by order of government, of a memoir, containing a new, easy, and succesful method of treating the child-bed or puerperal fever, made use of / by the late M. Doulcet ... ; translated from the French ; to which are added notes ... by John Whitehead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ [ vi ] 0 commences; that the lofs of a few hours only, renders the fuccefs fomewhat precarious. It is necef- fary, therefore, that this circum- Itance be constantly held in view in every trial of this remedy, and that the time of its firft application be exa£lly marked in every hiftory of fuccefsful or unfuccefsful cafes. That the cure of a difeafe fhould depend on the timely application of a remedy, is no new idea in praftice. In acute difeafes, the praftitioner’s fuccefs depends in a great meafure on the accuracy of his judgment in this refpe£l : but few difeafes occur, in which the lofs of the Jirfi moments of attack are of fuch hazardous confequence, as in the Puerperal Fever. In hofpitals, therefore, it is highly advi fable