An attempt to prove, on rational principles, that the term of human pregnancy may be considerably extended beyond nine calendar months : comprising the substance of evidence given in the Gardner peerage cause, before the House of Lords, July 4, 1825 / by John Power.

  • Power, John
Date:
1825
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Credit: An attempt to prove, on rational principles, that the term of human pregnancy may be considerably extended beyond nine calendar months : comprising the substance of evidence given in the Gardner peerage cause, before the House of Lords, July 4, 1825 / by John Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ithis fact is practically well known to medical imen and nurses; and the phenomena accom- [panying calculus in the bladder, and diseases cof the urethra, appear to prove that it is also applicable to the urinary organ.* Section IV. The Theory of Orificial Irrita- tion confirmed by Facts and Practical Obser'cations. It is a strong confirmation of the truth of tthis doctrine, that labour comes on soon after [the contents of the womb, in consequence of Ihe obliteration of the neck, are admitted into 'contact with the orifice: if the due pressure Df insensible contraction be now superadded, labour immediately commences. Another confirmation is, that labour may ]oe excited at an earlier period than natural by an adventitious stimulation of the mouth of Ihe womb. The possibility of influencing the actions of the womb in this way was known CO the ancient as well as the more modern writers on midwifery, and used by them prac- ircally to promote labour.t That it admits • The medical reader will find this subject more fully pur- sued in the Author's Treatise on Midwifery. Atconstititobservatis, posse acceleraripartnm naturalem, lum digitis leniter, en sensim, diduciturosuteri—hoc methodo