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A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery / [William Smellie].

  • William Smellie
Date:
1756-1764
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Credit: A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery / [William Smellie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COLLECTION XLVII. * 1 Mould-fliot heads and convulfions. «■ » t [Fide Vol. i. Book 4. Chap. 2. Se£L‘ 3.] NUMBER I. CASE L Many years ago, I was fent for in a hurry to a child, who immediately after delivery was thrown into convuliive fits. The labour had been tedious; the child was large, and the head was compreffed into a longifh form, and to one fide. I tried with the palms of my hands, to mould it into a globular fhape; but to no purpofe. The child had recover¬ ed, and was not in convulfions when I came; but very foon was attacked with another fit. I immediately took about two ounces of blood from the neck, and. ..ordered a final! bliftering plaifter to be applied betwixt the fhoulders. The infant had no return of the convulfions after blooding, and in time grew a ftrong, healthy child. The head-gra¬ dually expanded, and recovered in forne mea- iure a better form. CASE