On the evils resulting from rising too early after childirth.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the evils resulting from rising too early after childirth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    extreme, for they do not lie down for a sufficient length of time, and of the two extremes the latter is by far the most hazardous, inasmuch as a broken constitution, annoying maladies, and even death, may result from such an infringement of the laws of nature; whereas mere debility and fatigue, which result from remaining in a quiescent position for an unnecessarily long period, are soon remedied by time and a due amount of exercise. It is becoming quite common to meet with persons who get up on the third day after delivery, or leave their rooms at the end of a week, and some even make a boast of such a breach of the ordinary rules of prudence; but these women often find at a subsequent period of life, through complaints which they suffer, that they have little cause to be satisfied with their past imprudence and self-confidence. Medical practitioners know well the various dangers and almost indefinite number of diseases which accrue from leaving the horizontal posture at too early a period after delivery. It would be impossible, indeed, for medical men, who are constantly having such cases brought under their notice, to ignore the fact; and there are very few who do not warn