Volume 2

A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair.

  • Playfair, W. S. (William Smoult), 1836-1903.
Date:
1882
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    MIL after delivery, ii. 282 ; transfusion of, ii. 254 Milk-fever, ii. 267 ]\IisC!UTiage. {See Abortion.) JMissod labour, i. 210 Moles, i. 281 ]Monstrosity (double), ii. 42 ; classifica- tion of, ii. 43 ; mechanism of delivery in, ii. 43 Mons veneris, i. 22 Montgomery's cnps, i. 88 Morning sickness, i. 148 Mortality of childbirth, ii. 263 Mneous membrane of uterus. {See Uterus.) Miiller's operation, ii. 238 Myxoma fibrosum, i. 261 ERVOITS shock after delivery, ii. 265 Nervous system, changes in during pregnancy, i. 143; disorders of, in pregnancy, i. 232; excitability of, in puerperal women, ii. 307 Neuralgia in pregnancy, i. 232 Nipple, i. 60 Nipples, depressed, ii. 288 ; fissures and excoriations of, ii. 288 Nursing. {See Lactation.) Nutrition of foetus, i. 122 Nymphse. {See Labia minora.) OBLIQUELY contracted pelvis, ii. 63 Obstetric bag, i. 329 Occipito-posterior positions, difiiciilt cases of, i. 382; causes of face-to- pubes delivery in, i. 382 ; forceps in, i. 383 ; treatment of, i. 383; vectis or fillet in, i. 383 Omphalo-mesenteric artery and vein, i. 9,5 Opiates, use of, after delivery, ii. 273 Os innominatum, i. 2 Osteomalacia, as a cause of deformity, ii. 56 Osteophytes, formation of, during preg- nancy, i. 143 Os uteri, constriction of internal, as a cause of dystocia, ii. 27; dilatation of, as a means of inducing labour, ii. 153 ; occlusion of, in laboxir, ii. _24 Ovarian pregnancy {see Extra-uterine pregnancy) ; tumour in pregnancy, i. 250 Ovariotomy in pregnancy, i. 251 Ovary, i. 51 ; functions of, i. 62 ; structure of, i. 52 ; vascular arrange- ments of, i. 58 Ovule, i. 57; changes in, after im- pregnation, i. 83; changes in, when PEL retained in utero after its death, i. 281; formation of, i. 54 Ovum, blighted, retained in utero, i. 281 Oxytocic remedies, ii. 9 PAINS, after, ii. 273 ; false, i. 331 ; irregular and spasmodic, as a cause of protracted labour, ii. 7; labour, i. 300 Palpitation in pregnancy, i. 224 Pampiniform plexus, i. 42 Paralysis in pregnancy, i. 233 ; from embolism of the cerebral arteries, ii. 381 ; from embolism of the main arteries of tlie limb, ii, 381 Parovarium, i. 46 Parturient c&,nal, axis of, i. 17 Pathology of decidua and ovum, i. 254 Pelvis, alterations in, articulations of, during pregnancy, i. 9 ; anatomy of, i. 1 ; articulations of, i. 5 ; axes of, i. 16 ; Csesarean section in deformities of, ii. 79; causes of deformity of, ii. 55 ; comparative estimate of turning and forceps in deformity of, ii. 79 ; craniotomy in deformity of, ii. 79; diagnosis of deformity, ii. 70 ; defor- mities of, ii. 54 ; development of, i. 18; difference according to race, i. 20 ; differences in the two sexes, i. 10; division into true and false, i. 3 ; equally contracted, ii. 57 ; equally enlarged, ii. 57 ; forceps in deformity of, ii. 75; induction of premature labour in deformity of, ii. 80; in- fantile, i. 18; kyphotic, ii. 64; liga- ments of, i. 7; masculine, ii. 58; mechanism of delivery in deformed, ii. 69; movements of the articula- tions of, i. 8; obliquely contracted, ii. 63 ; planes of, i. 14; Eobert's, ii. 65 ; soft parts connected with, i. 20 ; tumours of, ii. 65; turning in defor- mity of, ii. 77 ; imdeveloped, ii. 57 Pelvic cellulitis and peritonitis, ii. 397; etiology of, ii. 399; importance of, distinguishing the two forms of dis- ease, ii. 398 ; connection with sep- tictemia, ii. 399; opening of abscess in, ii. 406; prognosis of, ii. 405; relative frequency of the two forms of disease, ii. 401; results of phy- sical examination, ii. 402; seat of inflammation in cellulitis, ii. 400; seat of inflammation in peritonitis, ii. 400 ; suppuration in, ii. 403 ; symptomatology, ii. 401 ; termina- tions of, ii. 403; treatment of, ii. 405 ; two distinct forms of disease, ii. 397