The matron's manual of midwifery, and the diseases of women during pregnancy and in childbed
Subtitle: being a familiar and practical treatise, more especially intended for the instruction of females themselves, but adpated also for popular use among students and practitioners of medicine.
By: by Frederick Hollick, M.D. ... ; illustrated by over 50 splendid engravings and colored plates.
Edition: 47th ed., much improved.
Publisher: Published by T.W. Strong, No. 98 Nassau Street. Boston:--No. 64 Cornhill.
Published: 1848
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
Subjects: Obstetrics.; Pregnancy -- Complications.; Midwifery.; Gynecology.
Table of contents: label: Part I
title: Midwifery; label: Section I
title: Position and Uses of the Female Organs; label: Chapter I
title: Position of the Organs and Parts
pagenum: 13; title: Internal Organs
pagenum: 14; title: External Organs
pagenum: 16; label: Chapter II
title: Structure of the Principal Organs and Parts
pagenum: 18; title: The Womb
pagenum: 19; title: The Vagina-Vulva-Perineum
pagenum: 29; title: The Pelvis
pagenum: 30; label: Chapter III
title: Functions of the Principal Female Organs
pagenum: 50; title: The Womb
pagenum: 50; title: The Ovaries - Menstruation
pagenum: 51; title: Conception
pagenum: 54; label: Chapter IV
title: Fetal Development
pagenum: 57; title: Fetal Nutrition
pagenum: 67; title: Peculiarities of the Fetal Circulation
pagenum: 70; title: The Breast
pagenum: 74; label: Section II
title: Signs of Pregnancy, and the Means of Detecting It; Its Duration, and the Period at Which the Foetus Can Live; label: Chapter V
title: Presumptive Signs
pagenum: 83; title: Probable Signs
pagenum: 94; label: Chapter VI
title: Duration of Pregnancy
pagenum: 137; label: Chapter VII
title: Period When the Child Can Live
pagenum: 142; label: Section III
title: The Form, Size and Position of the Foetus, and its Appendages, at Full Term; label: Chapter VIII
title: Form and Size of the Body
pagenum: 144; title: Size and Form of the Head
pagenum: 144; title: Attitude of the Fetus at Full Term
pagenum: 152; label: Chapter IX
title: The Appendages of the Fetus at Term
pagenum: 155; title: The Membranes
pagenum: 155; title: The Placenta
pagenum: 158; title: The Umbilical Cord
pagenum: 162; label: Section IV
title: The Mechanism of Delivery in Different Presentations and Positions of the Foetus; label: Chapter X
title: Presentations
pagenum: 169; title: Positions
pagenum: 161; title: Mode of Ascertaining Presentation and Position
pagenum: 164; label: Chapter XI
title: The Mechanism of Delivery in a Presentation of the Head
pagenum: 170; title: The Left Anterior Occipito Iliac Position
pagenum: 170; title: Mechanism of Delivery in all Other Positions of the Head
pagenum: 185; title: General Remarks on the Different Positions of the Head
pagenum: 180; label: Chapter XII
title: Mechanism of Delivery in Presentations of the Lower Extremities
pagenum: 191; title: Delivery in a Breech Presentation in the Left Anterior Sacro-Iliac Position
pagenum: 192; title: Delivery by the Breech in the Right Posterior Sacro-Iliac Position
pagenum: 196; title: Delivery by the Breech in the Full Posterior or Sacro-Sacral Position; title: General Remarks on the Presentation of the Lower Extremities
pagenum: 197; label: Chapter XIII
title: Mechanism of Delivery in Presentations of the Face
pagenum: 199; title: Delivery in the Right Posterior Mental Position of the Face
pagenum: 199; title: Delivery in Other Positions of the Face
pagenum: 200; label: Chapter XIV
title: Mechanism of Delivery in Presentations of the Trunk
pagenum: 203; title: Mechanism of Delivery in Presentations of the Trunk by Spontaneous Evolution
pagenum: 204; label: Section V
title: The Physiology of Spontaneous Delivery, or Childbirth, and Manner of Conducting a Natural Labor; label: Chapter XV
title: On Delivery in General - Different Kinds of Delivery - Careers of Labor
pagenum: 211; title: Signs of Delivery
pagenum: 218; label: Chapter XVI
title: The Progress, Phenomena, and Duration of Natural Labor
pagenum: 214; title: First Period
pagenum: 214; title: Second Period
pagenum: 214; title: Duration of Natural Labor
pagenum: 221; label: Chapter XVII
title: The Conduct or Management of Natural Labor; title: Preliminary Requisites
pagenum: 226; title: Preliminary Proceedings
pagenum: 227; title: Preparations for the Delivery
pagenum: 228; title: Attendance after the Preparations are Made and during Delivery; title: Delivery of the After Birth, or Placenta and Membranes
pagenum: 231; title: Attentions to the Female after Delivery of the After Birth
pagenum: 243; title: Attentions to the Child
pagenum: 243; title: Accidents which may Happen
pagenum: 240; title: Subsequent Attentions to Mother and Child
pagenum: 249; title: Concluding Remarks
pagenum: 255; label: Section VI
title: Protracted and Difficult Labors; label: Chapter XVIII
title: The Causes and Consequences of Prolonged Labor to both Mother and Child
pagenum: 259; title: The Consequences of Prolonged Labor
pagenum: 259; label: Chapter XIX
title: Causes Connected with the Mother Which May Impede Labor
pagenum: 297; title: Inertia, or Want of Sufficiently Powerful Contraction in the Womb
pagenum: 297; title: Rigidity of the Mouth of the Womb, Vagina and Vulva
pagenum: 261; title: Obliquities of the Womb
pagenum: 26?; title: Prolapsus Uteri - Smallness or Deformity of the Pelvis
pagenum: 267; title: Tumors in the Pelvis
pagenum: 286; title: Tumors Externally - Obstructions in the Vagina
pagenum: 291; label: Chapter XX
title: Causes connected with the child, or children, which may impede delivery
pagenum: 297; title: Procidentin of the Umbilical Cord
pagenum: 297; title: Shortness of the Cord
pagenum: 300; title: Descent of other parts with the head
pagenum: 301; title: Twins and Triples
pagenum: 302; title: Excessive size of the Foetus, or the diseased development of certain parts
pagenum: 304; title: Ossification of the Head
pagenum: 305; title: Various presentations and positions of the Foetus
pagenum: 306; title: Presentations of the Lower Extremities
pagenum: 307; title: Presentations of the Shoulder
pagenum: 311; label: Section VII
title: Accidents during Labor Which May Compromise the Mother's Life; label: Chapter XXI
title: Uterine Hemorrhage, or Flooding, during Labor
pagenum: 316; label: Chapter XXII
title: Eclampsia, or Convulsions during Labor
pagenum: 330; label: Chapter XXIII
title: Rupture of the Womb or Vagina
pagenum: 341; label: Section VIII
title: Operations with the Hand and with Instruments; label: Chapter XXIV
title: Operations with Instruments - The Forceps; title: Other Instruments; label: Chapter XXV
title: Operations with the Hand - Turning; label: Part II
title: The Diseases of Women during Pregnancy and in Childbed; label: Section IX
title: The Diseases of Pregnancy; label: Chapter XXVI
title: Sympathetic Diseases Occurring During Pregnancy; title: Sickness and Vomiting
pagenum: 368; title: Ptyalism, or Excessive Salivation
pagenum: 369; title: Odontalgia, or Toothache
pagenum: 369; title: Derangements of the Appetite
pagenum: 371; title: Pyrosis - Dysphagia
pagenum: 374; title: Gastralgia
pagenum: 375; title: Constipation
pagenum: 377; title: Dysentery and Diarrhea
pagenum: 378; title: Dyspnea, or Difficulty of Breathing
pagenum: 380; title: Cough
pagenum: 381; title: Palpitation of the Heart
pagenum: 383; title: Syncope, or Fainting
pagenum: 384; title: Headache and Dizziness in the Head
pagenum: 386; title: Insomnia, or Sleeplessness
pagenum: 388; title: Temporary Affection of Sight, Hearing, and Smell
pagenum: 389; title: Disordered Judgment, Inclinations, and Propensities
pagenum: 391; title: Hemoptysis, Hematemesis, and Epistaxis
pagenum: 393; title: Varicose Veins
pagenum: 395; title: Hemorrhoids, or Piles
pagenum: 397; title: Edema, or Watery Swellings
pagenum: 399; title: Hydrorrhea, or Profuse Discharge of Water
pagenum: 400; title: Pustules and Mucous Discharges
pagenum: 401; title: Derangements of the Urinary Organs; title: Cramps - Pruritus, or Itching of the External Parts
pagenum: 402; label: Chapter XXVII
title: Idiopathic, or Primary Diseases Incident to Pregnancy - Flooding
pagenum: 409; title: Abortioins, or MIscarriage
pagenum: 409; label: Section X
title: The Diseases of Women in Childbed, after Lying In; label: Chapter XXVIII
title: Diseases of Childbed - Puerperal Fever, or Childbed Fever; title: Affections of the Breast Occurring after Pregnancy
pagenum: 420; title: Bronchocele, or Swelling in the Throat
pagenum: 438; title: Phlegmasia Alba Dolens, or Milk Leg
pagenum: 439; title: Trouble with the Urine
pagenum: 441; label: Appendix
title: On Preventing Pain in Childbirth
pagenum: 444