Statistics of one thousand cases in obstetrics / by I. Harrinson.

  • Harrinson, Isaac, 1810-1888.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Statistics of one thousand cases in obstetrics / by I. Harrinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Length of labour cannot be said to have induced these unfavourable results, as the mean duration was only eleven hours. In two cases, I was, without doubt, the unfortunate medium of morbid infection; and these two out of the nine may be considered as arising from preventable causes. The case of convulsions might and probably would have been prevented by timely interference; and the one from fright, cold, etc., by greater care. The remaining five were beyond human control, I think, in their prevention; and, I trust, in their cure. The list, as a whole, is sufficiently dark to demand a more vigilant attention to premonitory signs, and a more compre- hensive view than is usually taken of anticipatory treat- ment. Many curious and some instructive fragments remain to be considered; but I must now end. This is my essay in statistics, and I shall consider twice before I attempt a similar task. It is not what I wished. You must be content with the failing execution of good inten- tions. In the words of an able writer, I may conclude, longo inter- vallo:—“ I must console myself with the reflection, that life is not long enough to do more than one’s best, whatever that may be; that they who are ever taking aim, make no hits ; that they who never venture, never gain ; that to be ever safe, is to be ever feeble; and that to do some substantial good, is the recompense for much incidental imperfection.” LONDON; T, RICHARDS, 37, GP.EAT QUEEN STREET.