The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20


Of the drug she 10 asleep once more
Prof. Edmonds said that the disor
ders OF the mind which sometimes
accompany labor are not present In
twilight sleep He admitted that
In one o. the Ann Arbor cases. ossi-
hcation OF the head Of the child had
set In. which might have caused It's
death In any event.
Mary Boyd and Marguerite Tracy.
who wrote the hrst magazine article
Introducing twilight sleep" to
America would have been sore II
they could have heard Prof Ed
monds. and later DR.. c. Hollister
Judd and DR. George A. Kamperman.
roast them
Their articles have done an i'm
nsnse amoant OF harm. though they
may also have done some rood
said Prof Edmonds. Their nrst
article gave an exaggerated view OF
the new method. and seems 20 have
beea purely IN advertisiag scheme
on me part Of the Friedburs e;inie.
Their latest article on the present
status Of 'tviiight sleep in America
10 very different IN tone, being much
more conservative. though just a.
biased. n shows hat criticism has
done them some good"
Several women have come TO me,
demanding the twilight Sleep said
DR.. Kamperman. I have asked
them: DO you know anything about
M They have replied: OF course:
We know an about H. Where did
ron get your informationr From Q
masaxine.' DO you know that there
10 more danger to the child why
no--the magazine said nothing about
that-' When they have found out
that there IN more danger To the
child. they have decided to rely on
the old methods
Dr.. John N. Bell defended the -tvi
hight sisep.- telling oe i've suceessful
casss In Harper hospital He ad
vfsea Q departure from the Causs
method. By usfng ether. In case the
birth 10 prolonged He admitted that
IN an the Harper hospital cases, the
baby was. blue but said that res
piration became normal IN . very
short time.
Prof Edmonds smphasissd The I'm
portancs of technique.
The mother n Given onestxth al
grain Of morphine and 1-iso on
1000 grain of scopolanine when
labor begins.- hs said. After Is or
20 minutes, she passes into sleep
additional doses depend on the IN.
tividual The second dose Of scopol
anime should be half the former one
The time At which Il 10 given de.
Ponds on the patients memory. She
n shown an object. such ~ a can.
lie, and asked n she has seen I,
before: or she ~ ASKED II she re
members how many doses Of the
drug she has been given. II she
shows memory. the dose "a repeated
II 10 not Q question OF relieving pain
though the drugs often do so, bn,
Of removing the memory Of pain
Pain b not removed; I understand
that the rooms OF the Freiours
clinic are padded 10 shut In the cries
OF the women
He told OF one reported case IN
which the woman. throughout labor
complained OF horrible pain. dcclar
81 that the twilight sleep was Q
fraud. that she had been deceived
and that she would tell all her
friend 20. When she came out OF
tho influence Of the drug. she would
not believe that her child was born,
or that the infant which they show.
"a her was really hers. She remem
bered nothing that she had been
through.
il Prof. Edmonds said that the nrs,
labor period IL considerably shorten
Cd By the use Of scopolsmine. bu,
that the second period 10 Heightened
and that here arises the danger q
the child. He said That the uss OF