Hom Opathic Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Pediatrics Volume 18 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... of twin girls, one of nine pounds', one of 1% pounds' weight. The mother had no return of the convulsions; and although she suffered for two weeks from headaches, and her memory was defective for a month or more, she gradually made a complete recovery. Perinea.1 Lacerations.--Annie Lowe Geddes, M. D.--I repair at once and have not yet seen any unfavorable results; no " pocketing" nor any case that failed of perfect union. During labor I do not " spend my time in washing and disinfecting the instruments necessary for repairs," but I employ myself with measures to prevent the necessity for their use; in any event a pocket case of instruments is sufficient and a display of these unnecessary; They should be washed and disinfected immediately after using. not before. A leg-brace is an abomination and should not be produced in the obstetrical chamber. If repairing is conducted promptly no anaesthetic will be required, certainty not cocaine, under the extremely susceptible condition of the recently delivered woman. An Illinois physician urges the early use of the forceps with an earnestness bordering on hysteria. His lurid picture of obstetrical operations during the " Dark Ages " is real creepy. How vivid his picture of the " shallow obstetrician imploring his patient to martyr herself." One sees the poor doctor reduced to tears and wringing his hands in his earnestness--while that same " confiding patient suffers useless and ineffectual agony hour after hour." What kind of a homeopathist is he if his patient suffers, " hour after hour uselessly "? Probably of the rank of nominal homeopaths who administer opiates to suffering patients and, when reproved for unhomeopathic practice, retort in an aggrieved manner, " Well, what would you do; would you let...