Observations on obstetric auscultation : with an analysis of the evidences of pregnancy, and an inquiry into the proofs of the life and death of the ftus in utero.

  • Kennedy, Evory, 1806?-1886. [from old catalog].
Date:
1843
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on obstetric auscultation : with an analysis of the evidences of pregnancy, and an inquiry into the proofs of the life and death of the ftus in utero. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    CONTENTS Pago Dedication . . . . vii Editor's Preface . .9 Dedication . . . % . . . . . . 11 Evidences of Pregnancy . . .... . .1 Divided, first, into those ascertained through the representa- tion of the individual supposed pregnant ... 5 Rigor coittis and general excitement 8 Pelvic and lumbar pains 9 Morning Sickness, &c . '9 Menstrual suppression . 10 Sympathetic mammary pains . . . . . .20 Cerebral sympathies, vitiated tastes, cramps, &c. . . 21 Alvine and urinary excretions ..,.*. 22 Quickening 23 Divided, secondly, into those sensible to the medical atten- dant 30 Tangible Evidences 31 Those ascertained per vaginam, as the state of the hymen . 31 Changes in the os uteri (Levret's test) . . . .35 Development of the neck 36 Tilting up of the fcetus {abattement) . . . . .43 Those ascertained through the abdomen, abdominal en- largement 45 Percussion . . , 49 Active motions af the foetus 52 Passive motions (ballottement) 54 Visible Evidences . . 58 Mammary development, formation of areola, &c., and se- cretion of milk 58 Emerging of umbilicus, abdominal fissures . . . .64 Countenance, discoloured skin, spots, jaundice, &c. . . 64 Swelled limbs, varicose veins, &c 65 M. Nauche's urinary test 66 Audible Evidences .71 Auscultation, mediate and immediate . . . .73 Wrisberg's test 75 Placental souffle 78