Volume 1

Facts and cases in obstetric medicine, with observations on some of the most important diseases incidental to females / By John T. Ingleby.

  • Ingleby, J. T. (John Thomas), 1794-1845.
Date:
1836
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Credit: Facts and cases in obstetric medicine, with observations on some of the most important diseases incidental to females / By John T. Ingleby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    23] to procidentia may be greatly diminished by the T. ban- dage having a pad of horse-hair enclosed in Indian-rubber composition to correspond with the vulva, or by a pessary, if the bandage should not be found to answer. This, with the daily use of the cold hip-bath, injections of alum, and tonic medicines, of which the muriated tincture of iron is the best, will afford great relief. Constipation and purging must be equally avoided; the bowels should be acted upon by extract of rhubarb, or the mildest class of opening medicine.