Volume 1

A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W. S. Playfair.

  • Playfair, W. S. (William Smoult), 1836-1903.
Date:
1893
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    COM Complex presentations, 415 Conception, signs of, 154 Constipation in pregnancy, 233 Continued fever in pregnancy, 2G0 Corps reticuld, 103 Corpus luteum, 68 ; false, 69 Cyclical theory of menstruation, 79 Decidua, 90 ; at end of pregnancy, and after delivery, 95; cavity between d. vera and reflexa, 94; divisions of, 90 ; fatty degeneration of, as the cause of labour, 311; formation of decidua reflexa, 92; structure of, 93 Delivery, prediction of date of, 179; signs of recent, 184 Deuto-plasm of the yelk, 59 Diabetes, in pregnancy, 153 Diameter of foetal skull, 122; of pelvis, 12 Diarrhoea in pregnancy, 232 Diflerential diagnosis of pregnancy, 176 Diseases of pregnancy, 226 ; albumi- nuria, 238 ; auEBinia and chlorosis, 237 ; carcinoma, 264 ; cardiac dis- eases, 261; chorea, 247 ; constipa- tion, 233 ; diarrhoea, 232 ; disorders of the nervous system, 245 ; respi- ratory organs, 235 ; teeth, 235 ; uri- nary system, 246 ; displacements of the graviduterus, 252; epilepsy, 262; eruptive fevers, 259 ; eye, diseases of, 263; fibroid tumours, 267; hoimorrhoids, 233; icterus, 263; leucorrhosa, 250 ; ovarian tumour, 267; palpitation, 236; paralysis, 246 ; phthisis, 260; pneumonia, 260 ; pruritus, 251; ptyalism, 234 ; syn- cope, 236 ; syphilis, 262 ; tetanus, 262 ; varicose veins, 252 ; vomiting (excessive), 228 Dropsies affecting the foetus, 287 Ductus arteriosus, 133 ; venosus, 133 T^CTOPIC gestation. {See extra- Jj uterine pregnancy.) Endo-metritis decidualis tuberosa v. polyposa, 269 Eirilepsy, in pregnancy, 262 Ergot of rye, value of, after delivery, 365 Eruptive levers in pregnancy, 259 Ether in labour, 370 Expression, uterine, of the placenta, 363 Extra-uterine pregnancy, 195 ; abdo- minal variety of, 211 ; causes of. CiE\ 198 ; changes of the foetus in, 212; classification of, 197 ; diagnosis of abdominal variety, 214 ; diagnosis of tubal variety, 205; gastrotomy in, 207, 210; pseudo-labour in, 212; vaginal section in, 208; symptoms of rupture in, 203 ; treatment after rupture, 210; treatment of abdo- minal variety, 215; tubal variety, 200 ; treatment of tpbal variety, 207 Eye, diseases of, 263 ]?ACE presentation, 388 ; causes of, 389; diagnosis of, 390; diflicul- ties connected with, 398; erroneous views formerly entertained of, 388; mechanism of delivery in, 392 ; mento-posterior positions in, 394 ; prognosis in, 396; treatment of, 397 Fallopian tubes, 5 0 False corpus luteum, 69 False pains, character and treatment of, 351 Faradization in destroying the vitahty of the fcptus in extra-uterine preg- nancy, 208 Fibroid tumours, in pregnancy, 267 Fillet in breech presentations, 387 Fcetal head, anatomy of, 120 Foetal heart, sounds of, in pregnancy, 166 Foetus, anatomy and physiology of, 117; appearance of a putrid, 291; appearance of, at various stages of development, 117; at term, 119 ; circulation of, 132; changes in cir- culation of, as a cause of labour, 309; changes in position of, during preg- nancy, 124; death of, 291; detec- tion of position in utero by palpa- tion, 125; early viability of, 293; explanation of its position in utero, 126 ; functions of, 129; nutrition of, 129 ; pathology of, 285 ; position of, in utero, 124; respiration of, 131; signs and diagnosis of death of, 291 Fontanelles, 121 Foot, diagnosis of, 376 Foot presentations. {See Pelvic pre- sentations.) Foramen ovale, 133 Fossa navicularis, 28 Funis. {See Umbilical cord.) Gastrotomy in extra-uterine pregnancy, 207 Generative organs, in the female, 22 ;