A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the results of 16,654 births occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years commencing November 1826 / by Robert Collins.

  • Collins, Robert, 1801-1868.
Date:
1835
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the results of 16,654 births occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years commencing November 1826 / by Robert Collins. 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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    P R E T E R N AIIJ R A I. LABOURS. ON BREECH PRESENTATIONS. The frequent occurrence of the breech presen- tation makes the proper management of such an object of much interest to the junior practitioner, involving, as it does, the welfare of both mother and infant, but especially the latter. The most common and dangerous error, committed by the medical attendant, arises from officious and inju- dicious efforts to hasten, or assist, during the early stages of labour; than which, he could not well adopt a more hazardous course. No interference, whatever, is required, until the breech shall have been expelled through the external parts, unless the uterine action be inadequate to effect this; otherwise, the child must often be forfeited, owing to difficulty experienced in consequence of the soft