The obstetrical remembrancer, or, Denman's aphorisms on natural and difficult parturition : the application and use of instruments, &c. / augmented by Michael Ryan.

  • Thomas Denman
Date:
1848
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Credit: The obstetrical remembrancer, or, Denman's aphorisms on natural and difficult parturition : the application and use of instruments, &c. / augmented by Michael Ryan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ously is considered natural by continental authors, and every one which endangers the health of the woman or infant is difficult or preternatural. Labor is natural when it occurs at the ninth month of pregnancy, protracted when it passes that period, and precocious or premature when it happens between the seventh and ninth month.] [Before the foetus is viable it is called abortion or miscarriage. C] Varieties. 1. The face inclined towards the sacrum. 2. The face inclined towards the ossa pubis. 3. The head presenting with one or both arms. 4. The face presenting. That part of a child which descends lowest into the pelvis, is to be esteemed the present- ing part. Circumstances attending Labor. 1. Anxiety. 2. Rigors. 3. Strangury. 4. Diarrhoea. 5. Mucous discharge, with or without a mixture of blood. 6. Pain. [Painless uterine contractions, or fibrillar contractions, occur a few days before