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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    Case VIII.—Mrs. , a healthy young woman of florid complexion, was attacked in the thirty-seventh or thirty- eighth week of her second pregnancy, with spasmodic pain in the stomach and oedema of the face, which con- tinued a fortnight, at which period a fit of convulsion ensued, followed by several other fits in rapid succes- sion. The first fit took place at three o’clock a. m. of December 1-3, 1834, and her surgeon saw her at nine. She was in a state of profound coma; the countenance purple; the pulse slow and feeble; and the tongue pi*o- truded, and badly wounded. She was bled to J xvi. with immediate relief to the coma ; but a high degree of excite- ment ensued, marked by delirium, violent gestures, and indecorous expressions. I visited her at eleven o’clock. In consequence of the convulsions recurring during my visit, venesection was repeated to ^ xxiv.; leeches were applied in considerable number to the temples and behind the ears; the hair was cut oflf, and the scalp refrigerated by suitable lotions. She was made to swallow 10 grains of calomel mixed in a teaspoon- ful of gruel; and an injection was administered, com- posed of croton oil and extract of colocynth in gruel. The stage of coma again ensued, but terminated within half an hour. About eight or nine o’clock in the evening labour occuiTed, and she was shortly delivered of a living child. Recovery was gradual, but quite perfect. CONVULSIONS ARISING PREVIOUS TO LABOUR, AND TERMI- NATING IN DELIVERY. Case IX.—This case, which was preceded by violent pains in the head, occurred at the seventh month ; the countenance was almost purple, and the legs and thighs o