Volume 1

Essay on the puerperal fever / by Thomas Denman.

  • Denman, Thomas, 1733-1815.
Date:
1773
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Essay on the puerperal fever / by Thomas Denman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cafes arife, it may be proper to diftinguifh them, into thofe which precede and thofe which follow quickening; for there is an eflen- tial difference between them. Thofe of the firft months may be afcribed to the admiffion of a new ftimulus into the habit; thofe of the latter may be attributed to the enlargement of the Uterus. By abllinence from, or by the fparing ufe of animal food, by taking away fmall quantities of blood at proper intervals, by moderate exercife and by procuring flools regularly, all the complaints in early pregnan¬ cy will be relieved. At all events they com¬ monly difappear at the time of quickening. But in the latter months greater attention ought to be paid even to the fame fymptoms; for if a woman is not free from difeafe at the time of parturition, the procefs will be di- fturbed or dangerous cffe&s will appear after¬ wards. And though it is not poffible to re¬ move the caufe of complaints which come on towards the end of geftation, the fame treat¬ ment, with quiet, will often prevent bad con- fequences. Women are at that time perfuaded by their friends to ufe more than ordinary ex- B 3 ercife.