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Observations on Chloroform in Parturition. With Cases J R (James Richard) 1808-1861 Hancorn No preview available - 2021 |
Observations on Chloroform in Parturition. With Cases J R (James Richard) 1808-1861 Hancorn No preview available - 2023 |
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Page 30 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children, and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Page 29 - ... difficult to observe, and always disappear in permanently-mounted preparations, although the spores themselves remain unaltered in all other respects. When the fungus is stained with logwood or picric acid, excellent permanent preparations can be got. It has been stated that the fungus dies with the fish. I have not found this to be the case ; on the contrary, all my observations have been made from dead fish. Some of the specimens sent me from Carlisle by Mr. Dunne were missent to Aberdeen,...
Page 12 - ... the pains come with a dash and leave suddenly, calcarea fluoride will often give fine results and bring the labor to a speedy and satisfactory termination. I will relate one case of recent date. I was called on the fifth of this month (May) at 5 pm, to a case of labor I found the os uteri dilated to about the size of a 25-cent piece, pains coming every 10 to 15 minutes, but weak and short, and seemed to have but little power, only a slight pressure downward, and as the pains left the foetus would...
Page 4 - It is very important to be able to tell easily when the stage of safety sopor is about to merge into that of danger — coma. The action of the pupils is the key to this knowledge. Chloroformization ought not to be continued one instant after the pupils previously contracted have begun to dilate. If unconsciousness can be secured by sopor, the inhalation should not be carried on to produce coma.
Page 5 - In my opinion the cause of death was the congestion of the lungs ; and that congestion I ascribe to the inhalation of chloroform. Of the power of chloroform to occasion such congestion no doubt can be entertained after the experiments of Mr. Wakley and Dr. Glover on animals.
Page 5 - There does not seem to have been anything in the previous condition of the young woman to have prevented the surgeon from having recourse to chloroform, as a means of allaying pain, in one of the most painful operations of surgery.
Page 12 - ... minutes she became perfectly serene, and free from any expression of pain, the countenance calm and composed; no flush nor livid cheek, such as I have seen in other cases. The uterine action, which had been hitherto irregular, became steady in its interval as to time, thus leading one to suppose that the natural process goes on with more regularity when not under the influence of the will of the patient.
Page 7 - ... foreseen. This would necessarily invest the inhalation with some degree of danger, however small, and would entail some anxiety on both the operator and the patient. My view of the matter holds out more hope for the future. I look on the result as only what was to be apprehended from the over-rapid action of chloroform when administered on a handkerchief, as recommended by the greatest authority respecting it — Dr.
Page 4 - Cessation of heart's action. It is very important to be able to tell easily when the stage of safety sopor is about to merge into that of danger — coma. The action of the pupils is the key to this knowledge. Chloroformization ought not to be continued one instant after the pupils previously contracted have begun to dilate. If unconsciousness can be secured by sopor, the inhalation should not be...
Page 1 - Chloroform is composed of two atoms of carbon, one atom of hydrogen, and three atoms of chlorine.