Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, Volume 23Oliver and Boyd, 1898 With vol. 26: Laws of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society. 1901. |
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... dilate the soft parts of the pelvic outlet , the posterior blade forcing back the perineum . Dilatation being thus artificially produced , Dr Ponder supposed that the expulsive forces would act to greater advantage . He also claimed ...
... dilate the soft parts of the pelvic outlet , the posterior blade forcing back the perineum . Dilatation being thus artificially produced , Dr Ponder supposed that the expulsive forces would act to greater advantage . He also claimed ...
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... dilating the os and separating the membranes . I am satisfied that by so doing I have saved the lives of many infants . For instance , in turning before the soft parts were sufficiently prepared , I am sure I lost some children from the ...
... dilating the os and separating the membranes . I am satisfied that by so doing I have saved the lives of many infants . For instance , in turning before the soft parts were sufficiently prepared , I am sure I lost some children from the ...
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... dilated os daily until the 29th , when the labour terminated favourably . CASE 4. Mrs S. Know nothing of previous history ; must have had two children previously . Dilated the os as usual on 24th , 25th , and 26th May 1835. On 27th ...
... dilated os daily until the 29th , when the labour terminated favourably . CASE 4. Mrs S. Know nothing of previous history ; must have had two children previously . Dilated the os as usual on 24th , 25th , and 26th May 1835. On 27th ...
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... dilated as usual ; introduced a tent on 20th and 21st ; gave ergot ; dilated on 22nd ; child , a girl , 6 lbs . , and 16 inches , born alive on 27th . CASE 8. - Mrs L. Previous history : On 16th April 1845 delivered of her first child ...
... dilated as usual ; introduced a tent on 20th and 21st ; gave ergot ; dilated on 22nd ; child , a girl , 6 lbs . , and 16 inches , born alive on 27th . CASE 8. - Mrs L. Previous history : On 16th April 1845 delivered of her first child ...
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... Dilated os with bougie and finger on 8th , 9th , 10th , and 12th November 1848. On 13th waters ' broke ; pains came ... dilated the os . On 30th introduced a sponge tent , and went on dilating with finger ; pains supervened on 8th ...
... Dilated os with bougie and finger on 8th , 9th , 10th , and 12th November 1848. On 13th waters ' broke ; pains came ... dilated the os . On 30th introduced a sponge tent , and went on dilating with finger ; pains supervened on 8th ...
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abdominal abortion Alexander allantois artery bacillus bladder blood born bowels breech brim Cæsarean section catamenia cavity cervix commenced dilating condition congenital teeth craniotomy cystocele decidua delivery dilated discharge Dr Barbour Dr J. W. Ballantyne Dr James Dr John Dr William eclampsia endometritis enlarged epithelium ergot evidence examination fibroid finger foetal head foetus forceps fundus George Glasgow hæmorrhage inches incision injected interest intestine kidney Last catamenia Leith Leopold's liquor amnii liver London lower malignant disease Maternity Hospital microscopic months mother mucosa mucous membrane normal operation Ovariotomy ovary ovum pains paper passed patient pelvis peritoneum placenta posterior pregnancy present Prof Professor Simpson promontory quinine removed result Robert ruptured senile uterine catarrh serum showed side slight specimen spleen still-born stitches Street surface sympodia sympodial symptoms tion tissue tube tumour typhoid fever umbilical vesicle umbilicus urachus urine uterus vaginal hysterectomy vaginal wall vessels villi vitelline placenta vomiting weeks
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Page 10 - A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, or a professional or registered nurse, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity...
Page 10 - A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.
Page 10 - An attorney cannot, without the consent of his client, be examined as to any communication made by the client to him, or his advice given thereon in the course of professional employment...
Page 13 - A person who, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of a wom:m, unless the same is necessary to preserve the life of the woman, or of the child with •which she is pregnant, either 1. Prescribes, supplies or administers to a woman, whether pregnant or not, or advises or causes a woman to take any medicine, drug or substance ; or 2.
Page 86 - Senile Uterine Catarrh." The last term seemed best to describe the group of symptoms. A due appreciation of uterine catarrh, occurring after the climacteric, would save many an unfortunate woman from vaginal hysterectomy, which, with improved methods and increased safety, was too apt to be had recourse to without adequate reason. The differential diagnosis from malignant disease was the great difficulty in such cases. Sexton thought most cases occurred soon after the menopause, and advocated the...
Page 92 - ... the pains come with a dash and leave suddenly, calcarea fluoride will often give fine results and bring the labor to a speedy and satisfactory termination. I will relate one case of recent date. I was called on the fifth of this month (May) at 5 pm, to a case of labor I found the os uteri dilated to about the size of a 25-cent piece, pains coming every 10 to 15 minutes, but weak and short, and seemed to have but little power, only a slight pressure downward, and as the pains left the foetus would...
Page 142 - For comparing one cadaver with another, we must have some method of studying the relation of parts to the horizontal plane. If a line be drawn passing through the upper anterior angle of the first lumbar vertebra, and the promontory of the sacrum, it will be found, in the great majority of cases, to be parallel to the horizontal plane. In a few sections where the peculiarity in the lumbar curve has thrown this line evidently out of line with the horizontal plane, we may draw a line through the promontory,...
Page 4 - soon became the most successful ovariotomist living," and to whom, " more than to all other operators, the credit belongs of having placed the operation of ovariotomy on a sure foundation.
Page 9 - Prosecutor, thejudge himself might in some cases refuse to commit a medical man for contempt in refusing to reveal confidences. Each case would be governed by the particular circumstances, and the ruling of the judge, deciding no doubt according to the law, would be the test.
Page 136 - When the head was at the vulva a band of tissue was seen to be stretched over it, and the nurse slipped this towards the left side, when the head was at once expelled. The eight children have all been born through the abnormal opening, as the normal vulvar cleft has evidently never been distended. At her first labour the head evidently came through the centre of the perineum, and the tear, instead of passing into the vulva, had extended forward, completely separating the right labium minus along...