The domestic instructor in midwifery : containing directions for the proper treatment of sexual diseases of women; for the management of pregnancy, labor, & child-bed; also, for the treatment of new-born infants. Compiled for the advantage and use of such as have not access to a physician / By Dr. George Denig.

  • Denig, George.
Date:
1838
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Credit: The domestic instructor in midwifery : containing directions for the proper treatment of sexual diseases of women; for the management of pregnancy, labor, & child-bed; also, for the treatment of new-born infants. Compiled for the advantage and use of such as have not access to a physician / By Dr. George Denig. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    EXPLANATION. The few technical terms used in this work are explained in the body of it. The explanations may be found by referring to the Index. The division into paragraphs is adopted for the convenience of reference; by which method, re- petitions are avoided. When, therefore, figures are referred to, the paragraphs are always in- tended, unless otherwise mentioned. The Recipes are also numbered; and after ths first time, when intending the same prescription, it is referred to by the number of the receipt, an Index to which precedes the body of the work. The medicines herein prescribed are such as have had their efficacy and usefulness fully tested by long experience, and are generally known and easy to be obtained. When wishing to ob- tain them, the recipe must be copied with the most scrupulous exactness, and plainly written. All medicine kept for domestic practice should have a plain label upon it, to avoid mistakes. It is also of much importance that medicine be procured from resident druggists, as the author has known much injury sustained by his ac- quaintances, by using medicines purchased from itinerant druggists, who, having no character at