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A
SYSTEM OF MIDWIFERY.
BY
EDWARD RIGBY, M.D.
PHYSICIAN TO THE GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL, LECTURER ON MIDWIFERY AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL,
ETC. ETC.
SYSTEM
OF
MIDWIFERY.
LONDON:
WHITTAKER AND CO., AVE-MARIA LANE. MDCCCLIII.
BIBLIOTHECA
REGIA
MONACENSIS
Ossa innominata. Sacrum.- Соссух. -Distinction between the male and female pelvis. -
Diameters of the pelvis. - Pelvis before puberty. - Axes. - Inclination
CHAPTER II.
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FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION.
Internal and external. - Ovaria.
Ovum. - Corpus luteum. - Fallopian tubes.-
Vagina. Hymen. - Clitoris.- Nymphæ.- Labia.
CHAPTER III.
DEVELOPEMENT OF THE OVUM.
Uterus. -
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Membrana decidua. - Chorion. - Amnion. — Placenta. Umbilical cord. - Embryo.-Fœtal
circulation
PART II.
NATURAL PREGNANCY AND ITS DEVIATIONS.
CHAPTER I.
SIGNS OF PREGNANCY.
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Difficulty and importance of the subject. Diagnosis in the early months. Auscultation. -
Changes in the vascular and nervous systems. Morning sickness.- Changes in the appear-
ance of the skin. Cessation of the menses. - Areola.- Sensation of the child's movements.
Quickening." Auscultation.- Uterine souffle. -Sound of the foetal heart. Funic
souffle. Sound produced by the movements of the foetus. Ballottement. - State of the
urine. Violet appearance of the mucous membrance of the vagina. - Cases of doubtful
pregnancy Diagnosis of twin pregnancy
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TREATMENT OF PREGNANCY.
Sympathetic affections of the stomach during pregnancy.- Morning sickness.- Constipation.
-Flatulence. - Colicky pains. - Headach. Spasmodic cough. Palpitation. Toothach.
-Diarrhoea. Pruritus pudendi. - Salivation
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