Labor among primitive peoples : showing the development of the obstetric science of to-day, from the natural and instinctive customs of all races, civilized and savage, past and present / by Geo. J. Engelmann.

Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Labor among primitive peoples : showing the development of the obstetric science of to-day, from the natural and instinctive customs of all races, civilized and savage, past and present / by Geo. J. Engelmann. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    FIG. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 66. 57. 58. 59. • X Avjrni • Labor Scene in Ancient Greece, group in the Cesnola Collection, New York HO Modern Cypriote midwife’s chair, Cesnola HI The Scientific Posture Advocated in the 16th Century. From Joan- nes Michaelis Savonarola, 1547 113 The Obstetric Couch in the Kural Districts of Ohio in 1845 115 Semi-recumbent in the Husband’s Lap, assistants holding hands and knees, Virginia. H6 Semi-recumbent in Lap, Virginia 117 Andemanese Labor Scene 119 Origin of the Obstetric Chair (Engelmann) 120 Development of the Obstetric Chair (from Goodell). Chairs of Savonarola, 1547; Eucharius Rhodius, 1544; Deventer, 1701; Stein, 1805 ; 121 Delivery in the the Obstetrie Chair; after Ruefiius, 1637 124 Obstetric Chair now in use in Syria 126 Favorite Posture of the French Canadian 128 Japanese Labor. Instrumental Delivery 129 Penomonee Labor 130 Birth of the Emperor Titus, from Ploss, after an antique painting on the ceiling of a room in the Palace of Titus, on the Esquiline Hill in Rome 131 Labor Scene in the Rural Districts of Virginia; semi-recumbent in bed Couch and Lying-in Chamber of the Siames. From Ploss Crow-Creek. Prone upon face and adbomen, across a pillow Semi-recumbent, in the agony of the expulsive effort Kneeling, clinging to rope Manual Expression of the Placenta. Penomonee Indian Use of the Squaw’s Belt. Sioux Indian. Placenta] Expression as Practiced by the Indians of the Uintah Valley Agency Placental Expression, Mexico Vessels in which the Placenta is Buried, Japan Bandage as used in Mexico Management of Ditficult Labor in Siam. Massage and Expression as Practiced in Mexico Position of Japanese Woman in Labor and Arrangement of her Couch Kiowa Labor, drawn by a Kiowa Indian Mexicaq Indian in Labor, showing posture of patient and assistants. From photograph taken near San Loiais Potosi, by Dr. G. Baaroeta. Kiowa Midwife blowing an emetic into patient’s mouth. Drawn by a Kiowa Indian. 132 137 139 142 146 157 161 162 164 173 186 188 191 203 214 217 222
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