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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    50G OBSERVATJONS ON No. 214.—The heart acted for 15 minutes after birth, but respiration could not be estabhshed. It was a first child, the labour lasted 36 hours. No. 245.—This labour lasted 60 hours ; it was a first pregnancy ; the child died in 24 hours. The placenta was retained by an hour-glass contraction. No. 10.—The mother was 30 hours in labour; it was her 2d child ; she had very severe labour with her first. No. 21.—The mother had very violent labour pains for several hours, from the effects of which the child seemed to have suffered. No. 35.—This child was born between the 6th and 7th month: it died on the 3d day. The mother was bled before delivery for a fixed pain in the lower part of the abdomen. It returned after delivery, and required for its removal the active employment of leeches, fomentations, and purgatives. No. 61.—This child was very large, weighed llflbs.; it lived but 6 hours; the waters were discharged before the mother's admission. No. 63.—This child was also large, weighed 10 lbs ; it lived but one hour. No. 110.—Was born between the 7th and 8th month, and died on the first day. The mother came into Hospital labouring under t5q)hus fever, in an advanced stage.. She recovered slowly. Her husband was in the fever hospital at the same time.