The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . drainedaway, and being soft and spongy in itstexture, it is liable to be torn if much forcebe employed, and then either the childmay escape into the cavity of the belly,or, if it be extracted by the feet, bloodmay be effused from the womb into thatcavity, and such injury be done as toprove fatal. Women too frequently addto the danger of the operation of turning,by their restlessness and impatience ; thevshould remember how much is at stake,and exert all their fortitude, so as not toembarras
The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . drainedaway, and being soft and spongy in itstexture, it is liable to be torn if much forcebe employed, and then either the childmay escape into the cavity of the belly,or, if it be extracted by the feet, bloodmay be effused from the womb into thatcavity, and such injury be done as toprove fatal. Women too frequently addto the danger of the operation of turning,by their restlessness and impatience ; thevshould remember how much is at stake,and exert all their fortitude, so as not toembarrass the practitioner. The labour having been thus accom-plished, it will be necessary to guardagainst any subsequent symptoms whichmay occur or take tedious and very difficult labours, and where common physicians usethe lancet, the hot bath will be found of extraordinary benefit in facilitatinglabour, by its relaxing the system without debility ; altogether better thanbleeding. First apply spirits, water, and salt to the head ? then let the wo-man continue in the bath about fifteen CHAPTER AFTER DELIVERY. After-pains.—Soon after delivery these usually come on, and with somewomen prove remarkably severe. The quicker the labour has been, theslighter will they prove in general. Women with their first child are seldommush troubled with after-pains ; but as the uterus is thought to contract lessreadily after each future labour, so they are more liable to suffer from themin any succeeding delivery than in the first. When after-pains prove so troublesome as to deprive the patient of herrest, it will be necessary to have recourse to fomentations or anodynes; redpepper and spirits, simmered together a few minutes, and flannels dipped init and apptied to the belly, will generally relieve them; if it fails, apply afomentation of bitter herbs, and give two tea-spoonsful of the tincture ol hopsin milk or tea. If these fail, which I never knew, give half a tea
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