On the Diseases of Women: Including Those of Pregnancy and Childbed

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Blanchard and Lea, 1857 - 768 pagina's
 

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Pagina 645 - B., who sickened, and died 16th. The 10th, I attended another, Mrs. G., who sickened, but recovered. March 16th I went from Mrs. G.'s room to attend a Mrs. H., who sickened, and died 21st.
Pagina 645 - April 21st, when, having thoroughly cleansed myself, I resumed my practice, and had no more puerperal fever. " The cases were not confined to a narrow space. The two nearest were half a mile from each other, and half that distance from my residence. The others were from two to three miles apart, and nearly that distance from my residence. There were no other cases in their immediate vicinity which came to my knowledge.
Pagina 716 - No. 11, the disease came on after puerperal convulsions (a disease generally, but not always, depending on cerebral congestion,) and after one of those enormous bleedings commonly practised in these cases, and nu morbid appearances were discovered, after death, in the brain.
Pagina 416 - I am quite certain that it is most frequent in women of a delicate, nervous temperament, though by no means confined to them. The chief characteristic symptom is an uneasiness, amounting in the greater number of cases to pain, and in some cases to very severe pain, in one or both iliac or inguinal regions, but most frequently in the left, which Prof. Simpson seems to think is owing to the propinquity of the left ovary to the rectum, and the exposure to any irritation thence arising. This pain may...
Pagina 525 - ... on the operation; while, in the other, we should sacrifice a pregnancy that might have gone on to the full time. It is, therefore, the intermediate period that should be chosen, and this is characterized by the following signs :— 1. Almost incessant vomiting, by which all alimentary substances, and sometimes the smallest drop of water, are rejected.— 2.
Pagina 586 - In ordinary cases, however, the breasts remain quiescent for about twentyfour hours, but soon after that begin to enlarge, with stings of pain At the end of the second or beginning of the third day, they are perceptibly larger, heavier, and more tense ; the patient may suffer from rigors, heat of skin, pain and soreness of the breasts, and the pulse is quickened.
Pagina 334 - I gradually worked my way through the back of the vagina, toward the front of the rectum so as to enter the recto-vaginal portion of the peritoneal cavity, frequently withdrawing the stem-scalpel, so as to place the point within the tip of the finger, and then making examination with great nicety, in order to ascertain whether the vagina was completely perforated, minute care being necessary in this part of the operation to avoid wounding the front of the intestine. Second Stage of the Operation.
Pagina 354 - Us contents into the abdomen. We acted on this suggestion. I attached a small recent bladder to the tube of a stomachpump, with an air-tight piston, and having immersed it a few moments in warm water, to bring it to the heat of the body, I introduced it, empty, into the vagina, between the fundus of the uterus and the rectum. Retaining it within the vagina by holding my hands firmly across its orifice. Dr.
Pagina 14 - There are, however, very considerable difficulties in the way of its use becoming common. It requires greater exposure, and is more revolting to feminine delicacy than the other mode of examination.
Pagina 645 - Between the 10th and 28th of this month I attended six women in labor all of whom did well except the last, as also two who were confined March 1st and 5th. Mrs. E., confined February 28th, sickened and died March 8th. The next day, 9th, I inspected the body, and the night after attended a lady, Mrs.

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