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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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.

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    morning : bowels once opened : slept 3 hours : drank 6 quarts. Continue powders every 3d hour. 8 P.M.—Pulse 138, exceedingly small and feeble : abdomen full and tense: constant vomiting: has taken 3 powders, the last had a quarter grain of opium added: bowels 3 times largely acted on. To have half a grain of powdered opium added to each powder : to have chicken broth and the effervescing mixture. 23d, 10 A.M.—Pulse imperceptible : extremities cold and clammy : strength rapidly failing : took 5 powders : bowels frequently opened : abdomen full: says she has no pain on pressure : drank 1 quart of chicken broth : has had no vomiting since 2 o'clock. To have wine whey. She expired at 11 a.m , after an illness of 69 hours, during which time she took 488 grains of calomel, without the least specific effect. An examination of the body could not be ob- tained. No. 94.—Aged 19, was delivered February 19th, at 2 A.M. of her first child, after 5 hours' labour. She had been suffering from a severe cold before admission, her tongue was white and loaded. Her bowels were remarkably well opened, and she re- mained easy till 11 o'clock the same evening, when she began to complain violently of pain in the ab- domen, with intolerance of pressure. She was