Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners.

  • Conquest, Dr.
Date:
1854
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    acid fruit, and prohibited from taking any more fluid than IS absohitely necessary, by whicli the plethora ad molem may be in a great measure avoided. The lac- tiferous tubes must be kept frequently emptied by the infant. The bladder now and then does not perform its functions as it should after delivery ; and this inabi- lity occurs sufficiently often to render it a part of the duty of an accoucheur, on his first visit, to inquire of the nurse into the state of this organ, and to reiterate his inquiries until he is convinced, by the most une- quivocal language, that his patient has really emptied the bladder, and not merely parted witli a small quantity of urine by stillicidium; and should any doubt remain on his mind, he should examine exter- nally above the pubes. ^ Many women suffer during the remainder of their lives from the very general and very reprehensible custom of indulging prematurely in an upright posi- tion; and even those who are sohcitous to remain longer than is necessary in bed, often do themselves much mischief by a half recumbent posture, pre- suming that, if the lower extremities are kept hori- zontal, the position of the trunk is unimportant. The absurdity of this opinion is so manifest that it needa no refutation, nor can it excite surprise that proci- dentia uteri, sanious discharge, and subsequently leucorrhaa, should be the consequences of such malpractice, when the relaxation of the passages and the size and weight of the uterus arc considered. Si ill there can be no necessity for a woman to be coufiucd