Manual of midwifery / by W.E. Fothergill.

  • William Edward Fothergill
Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual of midwifery / by W.E. Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. —vvvw— The Edinburgh school has recently, no less than previously, been active in the field of obstetrics. Many important facts and numerous interesting theories taught by its teachers have not as yet found their way into text-books. My aim has been to include, in a brief but systematic re-statement of the science and art of Midwifery, as many of these facts and theories as could be compressed into one small volume. Though, in the first place, a book for Edinburgh men by an Edinburgh man, I hope that it will be found a con- venient manual by the members of other schools. Recent theories on menstruation, ovulation and concep- tion have been stated in Chapter ii. The formation and fate of the deciduae are re-stated in Chapter iii., while modern views on the relation of the ovum to the deciduae and on the development of the placenta will be found in Chapter iv. Thanks to the work of Tait, Bland Sutton, Hart, Webster and others, the subject of ectopic preg- nancy has been considerably simplified. Its importance has demanded full consideration in Chapter viii. The mechanism of labour has been re-stated, in Chapter xii., in the light of recent advances due to the study of frozen sections. I have therefore inserted a special chapter on the Sectional Anatomy of Labour, with a discussion of the
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