Essays and notes on the physiology and diseases of women, and on practical midwifery / by John Robertson.
- John Roberton
- Date:
- 1851
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Essays and notes on the physiology and diseases of women, and on practical midwifery / by John Robertson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![It was winter, the ground covered with snow, the air dry and cold: nevertheless, change was advised, but the babe was regarded by the aunt who had charge of her as in so hopeless a state, that for a time the advice was not acted upon. The mother of the child of Case V happen- ing to call, told what she had experienced in her family, and joined in advising change of air. The infant was accordingly taken to a lodging, beyond Cheetham Hill, in an airy situation, and there was carried about day by day, in a field covered with snow. The spasms speedily miti- gated, and in a fortnight had disappeared. The child recovered. VII. Feb. 6th, 1837.—P. B—, a healthy male, set. ] 5 months. The parents in the morning went from home, leaving him in the care of a thoughtless nurse, who, before they were well out of the house, stuffed her charge with plum-cake. About mid-day I found him in a convulsion. Injections into the bowels of tepid water had the effect of bringing off a quantity of currants, and there was no return of the convulsion ; but in the course of a few days I was summoned to witness attacks of spasm of the glottis, which soon increased, and, he being an only son, created in his parents the utmost alarm. The spasms returned after short intervals, with clenching of the thumbs, drawing of the toes, and a degree of liviclity of the countenance such as I had never before seen in any instance. Although the general health had seemingly not suffered much, by the 23d of April—that is, about eleven weeks after the first attack—the spasms were almost incessant; and his residence being on a flat humid soil, it was determined to send him to an airy, elevated 33](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21460681_0529.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
