The Philadelphia practice of midwifery / by Charles D. Meigs.

  • Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena), 1792-1869.
Date:
1842
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Credit: The Philadelphia practice of midwifery / by Charles D. Meigs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Puerperal Convulsions 282 Causes 232 Table of Cases 285 Ought we to Deliver 235 Treatment 28G Cases 288,289 Cramp in the Legs, a cause of Preternatural Labour 290 Three Cases described 291, 292, 293 Prolapsion of the Cord 294 Fainting—Hernia 295 CHAPTER XVI. FORCEPS 296 Peter Chamberlayne—his For- ceps 298 Mauriceau's account of Cham- berlayne's visit to Paris and mishap there 299 Smellie and Levret's Improve- ment 303 Pean's Forceps 303 Baudelocque's Forceps 304 Davis's Forceps 305 Siebold's and Huston's 306 Real objects of the Forceps 306 Baudelocque's Experiments on its Compressive power 308 Remarks on the Application 309 Application, directions for 309 The mode of Extracting 313 Application where the Head is not rotated 316 Forceps in Occipito-posterior Po- sition 318 Transverse Positions 320 Face Presentations 322 Locked Head 323 Breech Cases 326 Embryulcia 327 Mrs. R.'s Case, by Dr. Fox. .332-343 Dr. Meigs's Embryotomy For- ceps 343 Case of Caesarian Section 348 CHAPTER XVII. INVERSION OF THE WOMB. Description and Cases 355-3G0 CHAPTER XVHI. PUERPERAL FEVER 361 Notice of Gordon 371 Remarks upon Dr. Collins's Opinion 372 Remarks upon the younger Bau- delocque 375 CHAPTER XIX. ATRESIA VAGINAE 383 CHAPTER XX. MORBUS CCERULEUS 387 Cases of Recovery from it 389 CHAPTER XXI. ERGOT 393 CHAPTER XXII. MILK FEVER 397 Its Nature and Treatment. .397-408