Observations on the rupture of the gravid uterus : with the sequel to Mrs. Manning's case / by Andrew Douglas, M.D.

  • Andrew Douglas
Date:
1789
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    [ ] fuddenly deftructive of life; and fymptoms of great debility coming on after a fudden ceflation of ftrong labour-pains, ought al- ways to be confidered as indicating danger. Thus, actuated by a ftrong fenfe of pro- feffional duty, have I ventured, in cafes of ruptured uterus, to combat what appears to me a vifionary confidence in the powers of the conftitution ; and endeavoured to vindi- cate the extraction of the foetus, from the charge of inhumanity, as founded on the pain, difficulty, and danger of the practice* It is my wim to rouze the fupine, and em- bolden the timid fpirit; and impart to the doubting mind fuch a portion of that con- viction which fo forcibly ftrikes my own, as may influence others to try in future the fuccefs of fpeedy delivery; fince it does not appear, that any thing has hitherto been gained by a different conduct. It may, perhaps, be urged again ft the practice I have prefumed to recommend, that the hiftories of recovery are too few to