Volume 2

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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    TRA suitable for the operation, ii. 272 ; dangers of the operation, ii. 272 ; defibrination of blood in, ii. 270; difficulties of the operation, ii. 267; effects of successful trans- fusion, ii. 277; history of the operation, ii. 265 ; immediate trans- fusion, ii. 267 ; method of injecting defibrinated blood, ii. 276 ; method of performing immediate trans- fusion, ii. 274 ; method of preparing defibrinated blood, ii. 276; nature and object of the operation, ii. 255 ; Schafer’s directions for immediate, ii. 274 ; secondary effects of, ii. 278 ; statistical results of, ii. 271 Transfusion of milk, ii. 271 Transfusion of saline solution, ii. 271 Tropics, influence- of residence in, on labour, ii. 5 Trunk, presentation of. (See Shoulder . presentations.) Tubal abortion, i. 201 Tumours, diagnosis of uterine, and | ovarian, i. 176; foetal, i. 288; ob- structing labour, ii. 54 ; (maternal) obstructing delivery, ii. 30 Tunica albuginea, i. 54 Turning, ii. 169 ; after perforation, ii. 224; anaesthesia in, ii. 176; anti- septic precautions in, ii. 176 ; by combined method, ii. 178 ; by ex- ternal manipulation only, ii. 172 ; cases suitable for the operation, ii. ! 172; for operating by combined I method, ii. 178; cephalic, ii. 173; j choice of hand to be used, ii. 176; history of the operation, ii. 169 ; in abdomino-anterior positions, ii. 186; in deformed pelvis, ii. 83; in pla- centa praevia, ii. 102, 185 ; method of cephalic, ii. 174 ; of performing by external manipulation, ii. 174 ; j of podalic, ii. 175 ; object and na- ture of the operation, ii. 170 ; period when the operation should be per- formed, ii. 176; podalic, ii. 175, 181; position of patient in, ii. 175 ; statistics and dangers of, ii. 171 ; value of anaesthetics in difficult cases of, ii. 187 Twins. (See Plural births.) Twins [Carolina, how born, ii. 49] conjoined, ii. 46 ; locked, ii. 44 TTMBILICAL cord, i. 115; knots of, U i. 116, 281; ligature of, i. 359 ; pathology of, i. 281; prolapse of, i. 418; prolapse of, in pregnancy, i. 252 ; causes of, i. 420 ; prolnpse of, UTE diagnosis of, i. 420 ; frequency of, i. 418; postural treatment of, i. 421; prognosis of, i.419; reposition of, i. 422; treatment of by laceration, i. 360 Umbilical souffle, i. 170; vesicle, i. 99 Urachus, i. 101 Uraemia, in connection with eclampsia, ii. 322 ; in connection with puerperal insanity, ii. 336 Urethra, i. 26 Urine, changes in, during pregnancy, i. 151; retention of, after delivery, ii. 289 Uterine fluctuation, as a sign of preg- nancy, i. 165; souffle, i. 170 Utero-sacral ligaments, i. 50 Uterus, i. 32 ; analogy of interior of, after delivery, and stump of an am- putated limb, i. 96 ; anomalies of, i. 46; ante-partum hour-glass contrac- tion, ii. 28; arrangement of mus- cular fibres of, i. 38 ; axis of, during pregnancy, i. 144 ; changes in cervix during pregnancy, i. 144, 145 ; changes in form and dimensions of, during pregnancy, i. 138 ; changes in mucous membranes of, after de- livery, ii. 284; changes in mucous membranes of, after impregnation, i. 89 ; changes in tissues of, during pregnancy, i. 146; changes in the vessels of, after delivery, ii. 285 ; congestive hypertrophy of, i. 174; contractions of, in labour, i. 313; dimensions of, i. 34 ; diminution in size.of, after delivery, ii. 284 ; dis- tension of, as a cause of labour, i. 310; distension of, by retained menses, i. 175; fatty transforma- tion of, after delivery, ii. 285 ; hour- glass contraction, ii. 115; inter- mittent contractions of, during pregnancy, i. 163; internal surface of, i. 35; inversion of, ii. 149; in- volution of, ii. 285; differential diagnosis of, ii. 151; production of, ii. 152 ; results of physical examina- tion in, ii. 150 ; symptoms of. ii. 150; treatment of, ii. 150; liga- ments of, i. 47 ; lymphatics of, i. 44; malposition of, as a cause of protracted labour, ii. 6; mode of action in labour, i. 312 ; mucous membrane of, i. 39; muscular fibres of, i. 38; nerves of, i. 45; prolapse of, in pregnancy, i. 252; regional division of, i. 35 ; relations of, i. 33 : retroversion of gravid, i. 254 ; rup- ture of, ii. 135 ; alterations of tissues in, ii. 137 ; causes of, ii. 136; com-