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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![as leoclios an«l foM to tlifi lio.-wl, warui i>oiiiluvia, and smart jmr'fatives. In tlx* othor kind ]>ur^;ativf?s aro also nocossary, and afterwards f^reat attention sliould IjO paid to diet and to the reenlation of tlie liowels. In tliose eas<?6 wliieli ajipear to 1)0 tlie re.sult of exliaustino discharf'es, tlie ])atieiit slioiiM he put on a ('onerous diet and a course of tonics. Seibitives are also of inueh sfn-vice; a j'owerful sleeping draught will sonietinies cut short an incipient cas<^ and the patient recover at once. It is most imi>ortant to recognise the premonitory symptoms; these are, sloipless- nes.s, unusual and sonu-times ino.'ssant talkativeness, followed hy hallucinations of sif'ht and liearinj'. 'J'hese symptonis by themselves shouM le;ul the student to ask for a consultation, since puerperal women not infreqently develop homicidal tendencies and the infant is not infrequently the object of attack. Their slyness and cunning under these circumstances are most marked. These cases if at all severe should be treated in a lunatic asylum, or if at home by attendants experienced in mental di.seaBes. If over-lacta- tion appears to be the cause, the child must lx; weaned.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28088712_0224.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
