A compendious system of midwifery : chiefly designed to facilitate the inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of study, illustrated by occasional cases / by William P. Dewees.

  • William Potts Dewees
Date:
1837
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    CHAPTER JX. TAGE Of Displacements of the Uterus - Sect. I. Of Prolapsus from Pregnancy - - 1]f. IF. Retroversion of the Uterus - - - |.>n III. Of the Obliquities of the Uterus - - 1<5U CHAPTER X. Of the Term of Utero-Geslation ... - - 129 CHAPTER XI. Cause of Labour ------- 147 CHAPTER XII. OfLabour 168 Sect. I. Of Rigours, &c. - - - - - 168 II. Frequent inclinations to make water, Tenesmus, &c. - 169 III. Affections of the Uterine System in particular - - 171 a. Subsiding of the Abdominal Tumour - - - 171 b. Secretion of Mucus .... 172 c. Dilatation of the Os Uteri .... 173 a. Contraction of the Longitudinal Fibres - - 174 6. Contraction of the Circular Fibres ... 175 c. Of the Simple Contraction - 175 d. Of the Compound Contraction - 176 e. Of the Tonic Contraction and its Effects - - 176 / Of the spasmodic or Alternate Contraction, and its Effects 177 CHAPTER XIII. The Manner in which the Os Uteri is opened ... 179 CHAPTER XIV. Conduct during Labour --.... ig5 Sect. I. What may be necessary for the Child ... \qq II. Unassisted Delivery of the Placenta ... jgg HI. Of Putting to Bed - - - . . - 199 IV. Of After-pains ----.. 290 V. Regimen during the Month, &c. - 296 VI. Of the Lochia ---..« 210 Excessive Lochia - 212 VII. Attention necessary to the Child - - . 215 a. Of washing the Child - - - . . 215 6. The dressing of the Navel - 215 c. Purging off the Meconium, &c. - . . 217 d. Of the Retention of Urine - oiq VIII. Of Food for the Child - - . . gl CHAPTER XV. Of Natural, or Unassisted Labour ..... 224 CHAPTER XVI. Of the Presentations of the Head, and their Causes - . . 2°7 Sect. I. First Presentation, and its Mechanism - - . 229 II. Character and Mechanism of the Second Position - . 231 HI- ■ Third Position . 231 IV. Fourth Position - . 232 V. Fifth Position - . 237 VI. ————— Sixth Position . . 237