A short domestic treatise on the homoeopathic treatment of the diseases of females and children / by Walter Williamson.

  • Williamson, Walter, 1811-1870.
Date:
1848
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Credit: A short domestic treatise on the homoeopathic treatment of the diseases of females and children / by Walter Williamson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The most useful kind of exercise is walking in the open air, for this calls into action more of the muscles of the body, than any other exercise suited to the state of pregnancy. Such exercise must not, however, interfere with the process of digestion, and therefore the most suitable time for it is two or three hours after a moderate dinner, or during warm weather, towards evening; care being taken to avoid the dampness of the night air by returning home early. The passive exercise of riding in a carriage, falls short of the object in view and the violent exercise of riding on horse back exceeds it, besides the liability to fright and accident which besets this mode and renders it objectionable. Too long walks, going out in slippery weather, dancing, hastily run- ning up stairs, lifting heavy weights &c. should be carefully avoided. Abortion and premature delivery are frequently the consequences of imprudence. The air she breathes should be pure, and therefore if possible, she ought to select a large and well ventilated bedroom. Intense anxiety about any thing, severe study and night watchings are decidedly injurious. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. Although the state of pregnancy is perfectly natural and perfectly healthy, yet in consequence of the existence of la- tent diseases in some constitutions naturally, the artificial disorders produced in others by improper medical treatment, and sometimes from accidental causes, it often happens that this condition is attended by many deviations from health, which it may be well to notice, together with the best means of removing them. Notwithstanding the universally admitted tendency to ple- thora, and general fulness of the system during gestation, the preposterous idea of depletion being necessary to get rid of that fulness, must not be entertained. Hear what Dr. Dewees says on the subject of bleeding in certain cases: To women who are in the habit of miscar-