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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    an effort j but, from debility or fome other circumftance, is unable to accomplifh it. She is then to be gently affifted, not forced. Aloetic purges, tinftura melampodii, fmall dofes of calomel, or eledricity, are the ufu- al remedies ; but they ought to be cautiouf- ly and prudently ufed. Tin<flura fujiginis, or an extract prepared from it, and given in the dofe of 9 j twice or thrice a day, is a more fafe, and often more efficacious me- dicine in the latter cafe, along with the foe- lid gums. But the warm bath, or a change of climate, are the moft powerful antifpaf- modics, and may be often fuccefsfully em- ployed when other remedies fail. Though we are in general able to diflin- guifh thefe two caufes of debility and tor- por, yet it muft be allowed, that retention of the menfes, from every caufe, foon in- duces a debility, which, without fome at- tention, may be miftaken for the original defed. 2.] SiippreJJion of the Menfes. The eva- cuation may be deficient in periods or quan- tity. The firft is more properly termed fuppreffioTty