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

  • William Smoult Playfair
Date:
1898
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Credit: A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    G81 Labor, vaginal and uterine douches fcr in ducing, 474 value of intermittent character of pains in, 274 various methods of inducing, 470 Lacerations of vagina, 4C0 of veins, 222 Lactation, 568 disorders of, 575 insanity of, 600 signs of successful, 574 Laparo-elytrotomy, 539 advantages over Csesarean section, 540 history of, 540 nature of operation, 540 Laparotomy in extra uterine pregnancy, 189, 191, 196 mode of performing secondary, 19S puerperal, 459 Leipothymia, 154, 210 Leucorrhoea in pregnancy, 220 Lever. See Vectis. Ligaments, broad, 70 of uterus, 70 Liquor amnii, 104 deficiency of, 243 folliculi, 79 Lithopa?dion, 194 Liver, changes in, during pregnancy, 149 function of, 137 Lochia, 563 occasional fetor of, 564 variation in amount and duration of, 563 Locked twins, difficulties arising from, 385 Longings, 153 Lumbo-sacral joint, 36 Lymphatics of uterus, 6S MALARIAL puerperal fever, 632 Malpresentation, frequency of, 408 Mammse, changes in, 154 Mammary abscess, 577 antiseptic treatment of, 579 method of opening, 579 treatment of, 578 glands, 81 Management of natural labor, 295 Mania, puerperal. See Insanity. Maternal elements, 114 impressions, 253 structures, 123 Maturation, 83 Means of destroying the vitality of fcetus, 190 Measles in pregnancy, 227 Measurements of pelvis, 41 Mechanical advantage in turning, 415 Mechanism by which inversion of uterus is produced, 464 of delivery in head presentation, 2S2, 403 of shoulder presentations. 345 Meconium, 133 Medullary folds, 102 groove, 102 Membrana granulosa, 79 Membranes, management of, in labor, 310 puncture of, 427, 470 Menstruation, 87 cessation of, 95 duration of, 89 during pregnancy, 152 influence of climate on, 87 of race on, 87 in monkeys and baboons, 92 quantity of blood lost in, 89 sources of blood in, 90 theory of, 83, 92 Mental peculiarities, 154 Mento-posterior positions, treatment of, 334 Mesoblastic somites, 103 Milk, artificial human, 581 ass's, 581 cow's, 581 defective secretion of, 576 excessive flow of, 577 fever, 560 goat's, 581 secretion of, means of arresting, 575 sterilization of, 583 sterilizer, Hawksley's, 583 transfusion of, 551 Miscarriage. See Abortion. Missed labor, 200 treatment of, 202 Mode in which placenta is naturally ex- pelled, 279 of performing secondary laparotomy, 198 Mole, fleshy, 25S tubal, 184 vesicular, 237 Mollities ossium, 231 Mons Veneris, 49 Monsters, double, 386 Morning sickness, 153 Mortality of childbirth, 557 Movements of pelvic joints, 38 Mucous membrane of uterus. See Uterus. Midler, canal of, 70 Multiparas, abortion most common in, 255 Multiple pregnancy, 174 diagnosis of, 177 frequency of, 174 Muriform body, 101 Muscular fibres, fatty transformation of, 561 Mutilation of foetus, 493 Myxoma chorii. See Chorion, degeneration of. fibrosum, 241 NARROWING of transverse diameter, 405 Necessity of attending to first summons in labor, 296 Nerves of uterus, distribution and arrange- ment of, 69
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