Lectures on obstetric operations : including the treatment of hæmorrhage, and forming a guide to the management of difficult labour / by Robert Barnes.

  • Robert Barnes
Date:
1886
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Credit: Lectures on obstetric operations : including the treatment of hæmorrhage, and forming a guide to the management of difficult labour / by Robert Barnes. 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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    LECTURE XXIX, PAGR. Hffimorrliage after the Removal of the Placenta—Three Forms: Immediate, Paulo- post, and Secondary or Remote—Two Sources : The Placental Site ; the Cervix Uteri—The Natural Loss of Blood—Natural Agents m Arresting Haemorrhage—Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Prognosis of Hjemorrhage from Inertia, from Tumours or Polypus, from Retroflexion—Artificial ]\Ieans of Arresting Haemorrhage—Means Designed to Cause Uterine Contraction : Passing the Hand into the Uterus, Ergot, Turpentine, Cold, Kneading the Uterus, Compression of the Aorta, Compression of the Uterus, Binder and Compress, Plugging the Uterus—Indications How Far to Trust the Fore- going Agents—The Dangers attending them—Means designed to Close the Bleeding Vessels : Styptics, the Perchloride of Iron—History : Dangers of. Discussed—Shock—Septicemia—IMode of Applying the Iron—Restorative Means : Oi)ium, Cordials, Salines, Rest, Iodine 440- LECTURE XXX. Secondary or Remote Puerperal Haemorrhage—Causes: Local and Constitutional —Retention of Placenta—Blood-clot—Laceration of Cervix or other Parts— Thrombus or Haematoma—Retroflexion—Fixing of Uterus by Perimetric Deposit w 46& LECTURE XXXL