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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    woman, and places her feet against the bed- post or foot-board.* [Much preferable is it that the patient be delivered upon a cot; the narrowness of which permits necessary attentions with readiness. After delivery the cot is easily moved near the bed and the patient transferred without exertion on her part. C] The position of the patient must be attend- ed to; her legs are bent and placed against the bed-post, her chest inclined towards her knees, and to secure this position a long towel or shawl is to be passed round the bed-post (against which the feet are placed), so that the patient may pull by this during each pain, and not seize the obstetrician and prevent him from assisting her, while she should also force or bear downwards and backwards. She ought to wear her night dress, the chemise being folded above the hips, and its place sup- plied by a loose flannel petticoat. Every coun- try, every province, and every family, have a peculiar dress. The obstetrician need not in- terfere unless he observes the dress too tight, and an impediment to a free respiration and cir- culation, as when the ordinary apparel is worn with tightly laced stays. The last ought to be loosened, and in general entirely removed. A loose dress favors the free use of respi- * In Germany and Switzerland there are still chairs for delivery; but these are not used at present in any other country in Europe.