Copy 1, Volume 1

A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery / [William Smellie].

  • Smellie, William, 1697-1763
Date:
1756-1764
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Credit: A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery / [William Smellie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    $ Of incontinence of Urine* &c. 161 and high feafoned, and abftain altogether from weak diluting fluids, fuch as fmall beer and water. SECT. IV. Of incontinence of Urine, and difficulty m making water, at the latter end oj preg¬ nancy, and in time of labour. npHE Vefica urinaria in pregnant women ■* near their full time, is often fo much prefled by the Uterus, that it will contain but a very fmall quantity of water; a cir- cumftance, though not dangerous, ex¬ tremely troublefome, efpecially when at¬ tended with a vomiting or cough : in which cafe, the draining forces out the water in¬ voluntarily, with great violence. The cough may be alleviated by proper reme¬ dies, but the vomiting can feldom be re¬ moved. Sometimes a bandage applied round the lower part of the belly, and fupported with the Scapular, is of lingular fervice, particularly when the Uterus lies pendulous over the Os pubis, thereby com¬ prefling the urinary bladder.