Search : stillborn, elements, art, revolution, courage, homœopathy.

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1866
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Credit: Search : stillborn, elements, art, revolution, courage, homœopathy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to put a stop to labour in the midst of its most active operations, and to suspend it for many hours.”* Were further testimony to this fact required, it may be found in Dr. G. Jewel, page 172 ; Dr. Waller, page 53; Dr. Pretty, page 32, &c. “ Mental emotion suspends uterine action, even in the second stage; and though usually resumed after an interval, occasionally it is not, and then becomes serious.”! Yet, despite the universally acknowledged great danger of throwing the nervous system thus out of gear at such a time, Dr. Swayne instructs students: — “ If your patient show an unreasonable reluctance to submit to an examination, you may tell her that, for all you know, the labour may be going on very badly, and that you will not be answerable for the result: by thus working upon her fears, you will seldom fail to obtain compliance with your request.”! Persons possessed of feeling or regard for life may doubt the propriety of this advice, even * Dr. F. Ramsbotham, p. 91. f Dr. Clay, p. 141. J Dr. Swayne, p. 3.