Midwifery and the Diseases of Women

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Author

Shew, Joel, 1816-1855

Title

Midwifery and the diseases of women : A descriptive and practical work showing the superiority of water-treatment in menstruation and its disorders, chlorosis, leucorrhea, fluor albus, prolapsus uteri, hysteria, spinal diseases, and other weaknesses of females, in pregnancy and its diseases, abortion, uterine hemorrhage, and the general management of childbirth, nursing, etc., etc.

Original Publication

New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1852, pubdate 1856.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

RG: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics

Subject

Gynecologic pathology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72544

Release Date

December 30, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MIDWIFERY AND THE DISEASES OF WOMEN A Descriptive and Practical Work SHOWING THE SUPERIORITY OF WATER-TREATMENT IN MENSTRUATION AND ITS DISORDERS, CHLOROSIS, LEUCORRHEA, FLUOR ALBUS, PROLAPSUS UTERI, HYSTERIA, SPINAL DISEASES, AND OTHER WEAKNESSES OF FEMALES; IN PREGNANCY AND ITS DISEASES, ABORTION, UTERINE HEMORRHAGE, AND THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF CHILDBIRTH, NURSING, ETC., ETC. Illustrated with numerous Cases of Treatment.
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — LETTER I. HISTORY OF MIDWIFERY.
4. 4.LETTER II. OF MENSTRUATION. — AGE AT WHICH THE MENSES COMMENCE.
5. 5.LETTER III. OF MENSTRUATION. — COMMENCEMENT OF THE MENSTRUAL DISCHARGE. — SOURCE OF THE MENSES. — PERIODICITY. — NATURE OF THE MENSTRUAL DISCHARGE. — QUANTITY.
6. 6.LETTER IV. OF MENSTRUATION. — AGE AT WHICH THE MENSES CEASE. — EXTENT OF THE FRUITFUL PERIOD. — IS THIS PERIOD A DANGEROUS ONE? — THE CHANGE OF LIFE. — MANAGEMENT AT THE CHANGE OF LIFE.
7. 7.LETTER V. OF MENSTRUATION. — EFFECTS OF WATER-TREATMENT. — CHLOROSIS. — EFFECTS OF DRUG-TREATMENT.
8. 8.LETTER VI. OF MENSTRUATION. — DYSMENORRHEA.
9. 9.LETTER VII. SIGNS OF PREGNANCY.
10. 10.LETTER VIII. DURATION OF PREGNANCY.
11. 11.LETTER IX. MANAGEMENT IN PREGNANCY. — CLOTHING. — LACING.
12. 12.LETTER X. MANAGEMENT IN PREGNANCY. — AIR AND EXERCISE.
13. 13.LETTER XI. MANAGEMENT IN PREGNANCY. — THE DRINK.
14. 14.LETTER XII. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY.
15. 15.LETTER XIII. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY.
16. 16.LETTER XIV. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY.
17. 17.LETTER XV. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. — UTERINE HEMORRHAGE.
18. 18.LETTER XVI. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. — SLEEPLESSNESS. — HEART-BURN. — CONSTIPATION. — DIARRHEA. — PILES AND HEMORRHOIDS.
19. 19.LETTER XVII. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. — STYE IN THE EYE. — SALIVATION. — HEMORRHAGE FROM THE STOMACH. — URINARY DIFFICULTIES. — CRAMP OF THE STOMACH. — TOOTHACHE. — JAUNDICE.
20. 20.LETTER XVIII. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. — PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE. — ITCHING OF THE GENITAL ORGANS. — SWELLINGS OF THE LIMBS AND VARICOSE VEINS. — CRAMPS IN THE LOWER LIMBS. — PAIN IN THE BREASTS. — HYSTERIA. — PHYSICAL HINDRANCES. — EXPOSURE TO DISEASE. — VACCINATION.
21. 21.LETTER XIX. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. — MENTAL DESPONDENCY. — LONGINGS. — THE IMAGINATION. — EFFECTS OF FRIGHT.
22. 22.LETTER XX. DRUG-TREATMENT IN PREGNANCY. — BLISTERS. — EMETICS. — PURGATIVE MEDICINES. — BLOOD-LETTING.
23. 23.LETTER XXI. STERILITY OR BARRENNESS.
24. 24.LETTER XXII. THE PELVIS AND ITS ORGANS. — THE PELVIS. — THE BLADDER. — THE URETHRA. — THE VAGINA. — APPENDAGES OF THE UTERUS.
25. 25.LETTER XXIII. ANATOMY OF THE FETUS. — OSSEOUS SYSTEM. — MUSCULAR SYSTEM. — VASCULAR SYSTEM. — FETAL CIRCULATION. — NERVOUS SYSTEM. — ORGANS OF SENSE. — FETAL LUNGS. — FETAL HEART. — VISCERA OF THE ABDOMEN. — FETAL LIVER. — KIDNEYS AND SUPRA-RENAL CAPSULES. — VISCERA OF THE PELVIS.
26. 26.LETTER XXIV. PHENOMENA OF LABOR. — DIVISIONS OF LABOR. — IS PAIN A NATURAL CONDITION OF LABOR? — ETHER AND CHLOROFORM.
27. 27.LETTER XXV. MANAGEMENT OF LABOR. — STAGES OF LABOR. — THE LIQUOR AMNII, OR WATERS. — THE AGE AS AFFECTING LABOR.
28. 28.LETTER XXVI. MANAGEMENT OF LABOR. — THE MEMBRANES. — OF FLOODING AFTER DELIVERY.
29. 29.LETTER XXVII. ADVICE CONCERNING LABOR.
30. 30.LETTER XXVIII. MANAGEMENT AFTER DELIVERY.
31. 31.LETTER XXIX. MANAGEMENT OF THE CHILD. — OF STILL-BIRTH. — WASHING AND DRESSING THE CHILD.
32. 32.LETTER XXX. HYGIENE OF NURSING.
33. 33.LETTER XXXI. OF TWINS, TRIPLETS, ETC.
34. 34.LETTER XXXII. TREATMENT OF AFTER-PAINS.
35. 35.LETTER XXXIII. THE LOCHIAL DISCHARGE.
36. 36.LETTER XXXIV. OF CHILDBED FEVER.
37. 37.LETTER XXXV. OF SORE NIPPLES.
38. 38.LETTER XXXVI. INFLAMMATION OF THE BREAST.
39. 39.LETTER XXXVII. CASES IN MIDWIFERY.
40. 40.LETTER XXXVIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS. — HYSTERIA. — LEUCORRHEA, OR WHITES. — PROLAPSUS UTERI.
41. 41.INDEX.

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