Volume 2

A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair.

Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    CONTENTS THE S P] C 0 N D V 0 L U M E. PART llL~(co7itiniied). LABOUR—(continued). CHAPTER IX. PROLONGED AND PRECIPITATE LABOURS. I'AGE Evil effects of Prolonged Labour—Influence of the Stage of Labour in Protraction—Delay in the First Stage rarely serious—Temporary Cessation of Pains—Symptoms of Protraction in the Second Stage —State of the Uterus in Protracted Labour —Cases of Protraction due to morbid condition of the expulsive powers—Causes of Protrac- tion—Treatment —Oxytocic remedies—Ergot of Eye, &c.—Manual Pressure^—Instrumental Delivery (case of Princess Charlotte of Wales)—Precipitate Labour—Its Causes and Treatment . . 1 CHAPTER X. LABOUR OBSTRUCTED BY FAULTY CONDITION OF THE SOFT PARTS. Eigidity of the Cervix : its Causes, Effects, and Treatment—Ante- partum Hour-glass Contraction—Bands and Cicatrices in the Vagina —Extreme rigidity of the Perinjeum—Labour complicated with Tumour—Vaginal Cystocele—Calculus—Hernial Protrusions —CEdema of Vulva—Hematic Effusions, etc. . . •. . 22 CHAPTER XL DIFFICULT LABOUR DEPENDING ON SOME UNUSUAL CONDITION OF THE FOETUS. Plural Births, Treatment of—Locked Twins — Conjoined Twins —Intra- uterine Hydrocephalus : its Dangers, Diagnosis, and Treatment- Other Dropsical Effusions—Foetal Tumours—Excessive Develop- ment of Foetus 38