Aphorisms on the application and use of the forceps and vectis, on preternatural labours, on labours attended with hemorrhage, and with convulsions / by Thomas Denman.

  • Denman, Thomas, 1733-1815.
Date:
1817
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Credit: Aphorisms on the application and use of the forceps and vectis, on preternatural labours, on labours attended with hemorrhage, and with convulsions / by Thomas Denman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Varieties. 1. The face inclined towards the sqcrum. 2. The face inclined towards the ossa pubis. 3. The head presenting with one or both arms. 4. The face presenting. That part of a child which descends lowest inta the pelvis is to be esteemed the presenting part. Circumstances attending Labours. 1. Anxiety. 2. Rigours. 3. Strangury. 4. Diarrhoea. 5. Mucous discharge, with or without a mixture of blood. 6. Pain. 1. Expulsatory action of the uterus. 2. Resistance made to the effect of that action. Means of removing them. Means by which true pains are supposed to be re- gulated, and their effect promoted. Causes of Pain. Distinctions of Pain. 1. True. 2. False. Causes and signs of false pain.