Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. professor of midwifery in the University, and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.

  • Alexander Hamilton
Date:
1796
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Credit: Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. professor of midwifery in the University, and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    . /i. The retention or abfence of the menr fe3 beyond their ufiial period of appearance, called emanfio mcnfium, %. An interruption in the periodical re- volution, after the law of habit is. eftablifh- ed, ftyled ftipprtjfions or obJiruBions. I.] The Retention of the ikTffw/^j-proceeds from different caufes ; and may be referred to general debility of the fyftem, which impairs the action of the heart and arteries ; or to fome fault in the uterus itfelf, as tor- por or rigidity of the veffels. The firft pro-; duces fymptoms of debility, which are ge- nerally ftyled chlorot'ic : and the indications of cure are, to ftrengthen the ftomach and fyftem ; which is chiefly affe£ted^.y bark, chalybeates, regimen, and the cold bath. Torpor and rigidity of the uterine veflels may be fometimes removed by the means ijfually employed for removing torpor *and rigidity of the whole lyftem; or by pro- moting the action of the ^uterine veifels, more particularly by ftimulating the neigh- bouring organs. This is chiefly to be at- tempted in thofe cafes whgje nature makes :s wharf n< an