A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the results of 16,654 births, occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years commencing November 1826 / by Robert Collins.

  • Collins, Robert, 1801-1868.
Date:
1836
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the results of 16,654 births, occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years commencing November 1826 / by Robert Collins. 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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    ^1 CONTENTS. Page Cases where Irregular Contraction existed . . 140 Cases where Haemorrhage continued subsequent to the removal of the Afterbirth . . .142 Haemorrhage subsequent to the Expulsion of the Placenta...... 152 Cases of . . . , . . 157 Concluding Observations . . . . 170 Labours Complicated with Retention of the Pla- centa ...... 178 Total Cases of .... . 181 Cases of Retention followed by Puerperal Fever . 182 Cases of Retention from Irregular Action . . 182 From Inaction . . . 189 From Adhesion . . .192 Labours Complicated with Convulsions . .199 General Statement of Cases and inode of Delivery . 201 Cases proving Fatal ..... 202 Cause of Death 210 Cases of Recovery . . . • .211 Observations on Treatment by Tartar Emetic and Opium . . . . • .211 General Remarks . . . • • 224 Cases where Bleeding had not been resorted to pre- vious to Delivery .... 227 Cases Delivered by Forceps .... 229 Convulsions occurring subsequent to Delivery . 230 Concluding Observations .... 235 Labours Complicated avith Rupture of the Uterus OR Vagina . . . • • 240 Causes of . • • • ' • .241 Symptoms of . . • • Mode of Delivery . • • • 243 245