Labor among primitive peoples : Showing the development of the obstetric science of to-day, from the natural and instinctive customs of all races, civilized and savage, past and present / By Geo. J. Engelmann ... Fifty-six illustrations.

  • George Julius Engelmann
Date:
1882
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Labor among primitive peoples : Showing the development of the obstetric science of to-day, from the natural and instinctive customs of all races, civilized and savage, past and present / By Geo. J. Engelmann ... Fifty-six illustrations. 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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    PAGE Kind of assistance rendered 131 Expression 132 Fright 133 Medicines, herbs 134 Childbed , 136 Treatment of the mother. Treatment immediatelj^ after delivery 137 The binder. 139 Time of rest accorded. 139 Diet of the lying-in woman :... 143 Medicines used ■ 144 Management of the child ]4G The bath 147 Time of applying the child to the breast. 148 Period of nursing 149 Weaning 149 Food given in addition to the breast. 149 Medicines used 151 CHAPTER IV. MASSAGE AND EXPRESSION. Review of the Subject 152 A—History of Massage ]53 Ancient times 153 Middle ages 154 Various manipulations practiced 154 Physiological effects 155 B—History of External Manipulatioxs ix Obstetric Prvctice ... 15G Only help in difficult labor 15(> Saying of Hippocrates 156 Greece and Rome 156 Savage races of the present. 158 C—The Various Kinds op External Manipulations 15a I. Pressure: 1. By the arms of an assistant encircling the patient's ab- domen 159 2. Bandage tightened by assistants 161 3. Drawing the abdomen across a rope or pole 163 4. Stripping down the abdomen 164 5. Expression by means of the feet 165 6. The belt ; :.... 165 7. Pressure against a staff 166 <S. Lying prone upon the stomach 166