A manual of obstetrical technique as applied to private practice; with a chapter on abortion, premature labor, and curettage / by Joseph Brown Cooke.

Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A manual of obstetrical technique as applied to private practice; with a chapter on abortion, premature labor, and curettage / by Joseph Brown Cooke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    tions that may have occurred are to be noted, together with the treatment instituted. If, for example, the woman has habitually borne oversized children, this fact must receive due consideration ; while, if, in the past, her labors have been accomplished only by means of forceps, version, or craniotomy, the causes rendering the operation necessary should be determined. A slight pelvic deformity that would otherwise pass unnoticed, or an exos- tosis springing from an otherwise normal pel- vis, may be the root of the trouble, and pre- mature labor induced a few weeks before the natural termination of the pregnancy would suggest itself as a possible solution of the difficulty. Previous Child-beds demand equally care- ful consideration. If fever has occurred in any or all of them, its duration, time of onset, and, if possible, its cause should be ascertained. Many women prefer to employ the same nurse for every confinement; and if a patient has always suffered from fever after her labors while in the hands of the same nurse but under the care of different physicians, the substitution of another] and more competent nurse may be the means of keeping the tem- perature down to the normal degree. Care