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A general treatise of midwifery ... illustrated with upwards of four hundred curious observations and reflexions concerning that art / Written originally in French by La Motte ... And translated into English by Thomas Tomkyns, surgeon.

  • Mauquest de La Motte, Guillaume, 1655-1737.
Date:
1746
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A general treatise of midwifery ... illustrated with upwards of four hundred curious observations and reflexions concerning that art / Written originally in French by La Motte ... And translated into English by Thomas Tomkyns, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Observation CCCXCVL Being in company with a lady whom I had deli- vered the twelfth of December 1708, and who was perfectly well, the converfation fell upon feveral extravagant things that had been faid by a certain perfon ; we were all joking about it, but this lady more particularly than all the reft *, there having been made mention, among other things, of fome threatenings which this fame perfon had made a- gainft her hufband, but which 'were not of the leaft confequence however, thefe threats ftruck her in fuch a manner, that fhe was feized w7ith va¬ pours, and foon with the ftrongeft hyftericks; fhe fainted away, was in a manner fuffocated, with con¬ tinual endeavours to fwallow ; her pulfe rofe and fell in an inftant, fo that when I came I could make but a bad prognoftick of the ifiue ; however, by making her fmell to fome fpirit of jal drmoniac, and fwallow a few drops of it, fhe came to herfelf, but had feveral relapfes till next morning: As fhe was pretty open, I ordered her a glyfter of whey fimple, my intention being only to cool and re- frefli her, and in two or three days fhe was perfectly recovered. Reflexion. Had this accident happened before the lochia were fo far advanced, it might have been of bad confequence, for fhe could hardly have avoided beina; choaked. Whether a woman be fubjefl to the hemorrhoids or not, fhe feldom efcapes being affii&ed with them in her lying-in; for the child in coming into the world caufes fo great an irritation and infiam- L 1 3 matiog