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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    distressing secondary etfects which follow large bleedings. Although the emetic tartar cannot be regarded altogether as a substitute for bleeding, the repeated employment of the lancet becomes in a great measure unnecessary, pro- vided, indeed, the influence of the medicine is maintained over the system until the activity of the disease is over- come. In the words of an esteemed author, to whose stethoscopic researches in obstetric medicine we are so much indebted, “ the return of the fits will by this means, in the great majority of cases, be prevented; and evxn in the most obstinate cases they will be lessened in their severity and frequency. This medicine is eminently useful in all cases of puerperal convulsions, in which depletion proves serviceable.”^ * Dr. E. Kennedy’s observations on the use of Tartar Emetic in Obstetric Practice.—American Journal of Medical Science.