Three hundred consultations in midwifery / by Robert Lee.

  • Robert Lee
Date:
1864
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    again. Mrs. has not menstruated since the beginning of January last; she has increased con- siderably in size, and the foetus having quickened some time past, it is evident that the advice of these gentlemen must be adopted the early part of next month, for I would not run the risk of another opera- tion of the kind for all the world. Induction of premature labour in tie second preg- nancy.—On June 25th, 1858, this patient being in the seventh and a haK month of pregnancy, premature labour was induced at a distance from London, and the child was born alive by the natural efforts, but did not live long. Third lahour.—On January 9th, 1860, this patient was again seven and a half months pregnant, and came to London to have premature labour induced by me. The day was fixed for the operation, but the labour came on spontaneously the day before, and the child was born alive by the natural efforts, and lived a month. . 7 /. .7 Induction of premature labour m the pmth preg- nancy.—On Saturday AprH 20th, 1861, the same patient being in the seventh and a half month ol her fourth pregnancy, I passed up the stiletted catheter into the uterus with great ease, and punctured the membranes. On the 22nd there was shght pam, and the OS uteri was beginning to open. On Tuesday, the 23rd, the labour was safely completed by the natural efforts, and the child was born alive, and is now (May 6th, 1861) alive. Case 190.—On Saturday, September 19th, 1857, at 9 a.m., I saw a lady in consultation, about the age of forty, whose first labour had commenced twenty- four hours before, and there had been no progress during eight hours. Mr. thought the breech presented; I had, at first, some diflaculty m deter- mining positively what the part was winch presented.
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