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.

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.

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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CHAPTER II.

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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