A synopsis of the various kinds of difficult parturition, with practical remarks on the management of labours / By Samuel Merriman.

  • Merriman, Samuel, 1771-1852.
Date:
1814
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A synopsis of the various kinds of difficult parturition, with practical remarks on the management of labours / By Samuel Merriman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    peculiar circumstances under which the opera- tion is performed, and the habit of body of the patient, will determiife the accoucheur either to adopt a strictly antiphlogistic plan, or to exhibit opiates, or antispasmodics and tonics. 7. In order to give every possible chance for preserving the life of the child, it will be prudent to have a wet nurse in readiness, that the child may have a plentiful supply of breast-milk from tlie very hour of its birth. Lastly, A regard, to hU own character should determine the accaucheur, not to perr form this operation unless some o{her respept,-;^ qble practitioner has seen the paiienty and Juis ^ckno]:s}]^edQe^^t]^^^o]^er,<^tiol|^^ us, afyi^j^le.