Volume 2

Practical observations on the uterine hemorrhage; with remarks on the management of the placenta / [John Burns].

  • Burns, John, 1774-1850
Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical observations on the uterine hemorrhage; with remarks on the management of the placenta / [John Burns]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The most effectual of these consists in making the child be slowly expelled, by the contraction of the uterus alone. After the head is born, the child can be in no danger, although the body or ex- tremities should be detained in the ute- rus for some time; and whenever this delay takes place, it is evident that a pause in the action of the uterus is re- quisite. If then we pull away the child, the womb does not contract properly, and we subject the woman to risk of hemorrhage. Even when the womb contracts briskly upon the child, and en- deavours to throw it out suddenly, the action may be suspended after this quick exertion, and therefore we should retard expulsion when it promises to be too rapid. After the child is delivered, the hand.