An abstract of midwifry, for the use of the Lying-in Infirmary. [-A single lecture in midwifry, on the glass machine. -The institution and oeconomy of the ... Infirmary] / [Sir Richard Manningham].

Manningham, Richard, Sir, 1690-1759

Date:: 1744

Credit: An abstract of midwifry, for the use of the Lying-in Infirmary. [-A single lecture in midwifry, on the glass machine. -The institution and oeconomy of the ... Infirmary] / [Sir Richard Manningham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$[ *9 ] ceed with the greateft Caution., and to the heft of their Skill, agree¬ able to the Rules we have given in each particular Cafe, for the Prefervation of the Woman and the Infant, viz, * * i \ If Women with Child have a Fever or a Fev'ri/h Diforder, who, tho’ they are often afflidted with labour-like Pains, occafioffid by the Fever, great Caution fhould be ufed not to provoke or Jiir up thofe Pains, or bring on Labour, left you endanger the Life of both Mo¬ ther and Child, but fending for the beft Advice, keep the Woman in the mean time, as quiet as may be. How to diftinguifh thofe Pains from true Labour Pains ? _ • f . . ' v *s. r~i 0T •< t ? •; * v ....X t > + • If the Child remains too high, and no Profit is perceived from ftrong Pains. If the Mouth of the Womb is greatly oblique, and cannot eafily be touch'd, and that in Part only. • . • V . ■ ' V '<•' x, 1 2 ■■ i ' • 1. , . . -> .! * _ If the Mouth of the Womb is oblique, and prefs’d ftrongly on any of the Bones. If the Mouth of the Womb is hard, and not fufficiently open, and Floodings or Convulfions come on. ,*! v Hi ; ii j 1 If the Woman is weak, and not ab'e with her Pains (though the Womb and Child are well fituated for Birth) to advance the Birth. i'-r > , ?? ';'h V If the Waters are come away, and the Child does not foon follow. If the Woman in Labour is crooked in any Part, for often feme one of the Bones of the Pelvis is mifhapen too, which may occafion a very difficult Labour. So likewife if the Woman with Child or in Labour, has any Dip* temper of Body, or if the Vagina, Womb, Bladder, or Intejline, be any Way dborder'd. If \$