A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery : containing practical instructions for the management of women during pregnancy, in labour, and in child-bed; calculated to correct the errors, and to improve the practice, of midwives; as well as to serve as an introduction to the study of this art, for students and young practitioners / By Samuel Bard.

  • Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821.
Date:
1808
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery : containing practical instructions for the management of women during pregnancy, in labour, and in child-bed; calculated to correct the errors, and to improve the practice, of midwives; as well as to serve as an introduction to the study of this art, for students and young practitioners / By Samuel Bard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    neutralised, (that is, as long as it shall continue to efFeivesce or rise in foam, and until neither the sour® ness of the vinegar, nor the ley-like taste of the salt prevails.) This is a very useful medicine in all fe- veis; a tablesjx)onful may be given every hour, in any warm drink, until the patient shall break out in a free perspiration, and then be continued every three hours. b. Sudorific anodyne. To a large tablespoonful of the above, (a.) add twenty-five or thirty drops of lau- danum. 1 his is one of the best forms in which lau- danum can be given, whenever it shall be proper in fevers. c. Effervescing draught. Take fifteen grains of peai 1-ash, salt of wormwood, or salt of hartshorn, dissolved in a tablespoonful of water, in one cup ; in another, two large tcaspoonsful of lime-juice or lemon- juice, or one tablespoonful of very good vinegar, wdth one or two tablespoonsful of water, sweetened ; pour one to the other, and let the patient drink them im- mediately, w^hile they effervesce. When made with fresh lime or lemon-juice, this is an elegant, pleasant, and useful medicine in all fevers, and peculiarly effectual in removing nausea and vomiting; it may be repeated every two or three hours. d. Tar tar-emetic. . Dissolve two grains of tartar- emetic in eight tablespoonsful of hot water j give one tablespoonful every two or three hours. e. Ipecacuanha., in doses of one or two grains, of the powder, every two or three hours; given in molasses or syrup. f. Salt-petre^ iu doses of ten, fifteen, or twenty grains, mixed with a little hard sugar or syrup, or mo- lasses, every two or three hours.