Obstetrical reports / by Charles G. Ritchie.

  • Ritchie, Charles George, 1842-1865
Date:
1865
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Credit: Obstetrical reports / by Charles G. Ritchie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    OBSTETRICAL REPORTS. [Among the following reports I liave included several cases which I attended while under the superintendence of M. Dubois of Paris, and M. Braun of Vienna, being convinced that an account of the practice of these celebrated obstetricians cannot fail to be of interest to those who devote themselves to the science and art of midwifery.] Case I.—Puerperal Convulsions treated by Repeated Venesection.—Recovery. On the lStli of July, 1861, at 11 o’clock in the morning, a woman was admitted into the Hopital des Cliniques at Paris, in a slightly comatose condition. She was a primipara, at the eighth month of pregnancy, and the history given by the patient was that she had suddenly been attacked with a fit of epilepsy. When the patient was able to answer questions, it appeared that from the very commencement of her pregnancy she had been troubled with vomiting, nausea, and giddiuess. When seven months gone, her face and feet had begun to swell, fifteen days later her vision became indistinct, and three days before her admis- sion to the hospital violent headaches had commenced. She had suddenly become unconscious on the morning of admission, and, on awaking, found that she had bitten her tongue. On examin- ing the urine, it was found to be so loaded with albumen that it became almost solid on boiling. The case was evidently one of urasmic convulsions. At half-past three in the afternoon a second attack came on; the woman threw herself about the bed and foamed at the mouth ; the violent agitation was followed by stupor, during which the patient was twice bled without her knowledge. Next morning (the 19th) the patient was better; vision was more distiuct, and there was less headache; the urine