Contributions to midwifery. No. v, On the influence of ergot and rye on the foetus in utero / [Thomas Edward Beatty].

  • Beatty, Thomas Edward, 1801-1872
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[1844]
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Credit: Contributions to midwifery. No. v, On the influence of ergot and rye on the foetus in utero / [Thomas Edward Beatty]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE DUBLIN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, MAY 1, 1844. PART I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Art. VII—Contributions to Midwifery, No. V.—On the In¬ fluence of Ergot of Rye on the Foetus in Utero. By Thomas Edward Beatty, M. D., M.R.I.A., Fellow of, and Professor of Midwifery to the Royal College of Sur¬ geons in Ireland ; Physician to the City of Dublin Hospital; Consulting Accoucheur to the South Eastern Lying-in Hos¬ pital ; Vice-President of the Dublin Obstetrical Society; and Honorary Member of the Obstetrical Society of Edin¬ burgh. {Read before the Dublin Obstetrical Society.] It is not my intention on the present occasion to occupy the time of the Society by any very lengthened observations on the use of the ergot of rye; but I wish to lay before the members an account of some effects of this drug, which during an exten- tensive employment of it I have observed, and of which I have not been able to find any notice in the authors who have treated of the medicine. Since the revival of the use of the secale cor- vol. xxy. no. 74. 2d