Obstetric aphorisms : for the use of students commencing midwifery practice / by Joseph Griffiths Swayne.
- Swayne, Joseph Griffiths, 1819-1903.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Obstetric aphorisms : for the use of students commencing midwifery practice / by Joseph Griffiths Swayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![C’AHKK ItECiimtrNO A CONSULTATrON. of lielliiilonn.'i, but it iiiUKt lx; roinoiiiborod tliat absorjjtion of tlie latter driij' will oauBe the secretion of milk to be diminisbuil. 01yc<.‘rine and icbthyol in the same proportion Bcein to have a similar effect. When the acute stage is pjast, tonics are ])roper, together with II generous diet. 'J'he affectf'd limb may then be rubbed with vai’ious stimulating liniments or banilaged. Strychnine and quinine may be given with axlvantage from the first. Phlegmasia dolen.s rarely go<,*s on to a fatal termination. Should it end thus tlie disea.se in all probability lias either accompanied uterine phlebiti.s, or has resultiid in an attack of general pya-mia followed by diiposits of jms in various remote parts of the body. Puerperal Thromhosis and EmhoUa—Symptoms. Ill cases of tlireateiied syncope from puerjx^ral thrombosis. In women who have been lately delivereil (especially when there has been haemorrhage from inefficient uterine contraction after lalxmr), the sudden occurrence of dyspnoea, palpitation and syn- cope is an alarming symptom, liecause it usually denotes an altered condition of the blood, which has led to the formation of clots and consequent obstruc- tion of the pulmonary circulation. Puerperal Mania—SympAoms. In cases of puerperal mania. Insanity which arises during the puerperal period has the same general characteristics as insanity occumng under other con- ditions. It may present the characteristics of acute delirious mania, or may come on very soon after, or](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28088712_0222.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
