The Dublin practice of midwifery / by Henry Maunsell.

  • Henry Maunsell
Date:
1856
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Credit: The Dublin practice of midwifery / by Henry Maunsell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    turitiorij regular and irregular, under tlie heads of natural, difficult, freternaiiiral, and anomalous labours. Natural lahour Dr. Denman defines to be, one in wbicb the head of the child presents, which is completed in twenty-four hours, and requu-es no artificial assistance. Professor Binns adds the condition of labour not occiu'ring until the fuU period of gestation. Mauriceau requires that the child should be alive; and Drs. Cooper and Power restrict the time for a natural labom-, the former to twelve, and the latter to six, hours.* Premonitory sir/ns of lahour.—Some days before the commencement of labour, a remarkable sub- sidence of the abdomen and diminution in the size of the woman ordinarily takes place. This is oc- casioned partly by the sinking of the cervix uteri (with its contents) into the brim of the pelns, and partly, perhaps, by the gradual closure of the uterine walls, previous to their taking on active contractile efforts. It is a favourable occm-rence, * In 839 cases of labour, which occurred in the Wellesley 347 terminated in 6 hours. 300 ditto 12 hours. 87 ditto 18 hours. 59 ditto 24 hours. 37 ditto 48 hours. 3 ditto 56 hours. 5 ditto 60 hours. 1 ditto 72 hours.
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