An inquiry into the nature and cause of that swelling in one or both of the lower extremities which sometimes happens to lying-in women.

  • White, Charles, 1728-1813.
Date:
1801
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Credit: An inquiry into the nature and cause of that swelling in one or both of the lower extremities which sometimes happens to lying-in women. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    [ 9+ ] good health, till about the second or third month ol her present pregnancy, when she was seized with pain, and lameness, in her hips, resembling the rheumatism, and had been, ever since, very little able to move. The mem- branes had burst eight days before, when she had very strong pains, which in a short time abated, and had been trifling ever since. The midwife had never been able to ascertain, what part of the child presented, nor had the mo- ther perceived the child to move, since the pains abated. Rigors, very quick pulse, and other febrile symptoms, to- gether with a putrid diarrhoea had so ex- hausted her, that we were unanimously of opinion, that she was in a dying situa- tion, and therefore did not judge it pru- dent to make any attempt to deliver, but directed a cordial draught, with an opiate. She expired in four hours after we saw her on Monday evening. On Wednesday evening, the body was open- ed