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Obstetrical Journal of Great Britain and Ireland
Obstetrical Journal of Great Britain and Ireland Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: And this practice would be much safer than simply injecting a solution of iron after Dr. Barnes's method, and much less likely to induce sudden death by a venous... more » thrombus blocking up the heart. During the after-treatment the antiseptic napkins should be frequently changed and vagina sponged. I would even advocate in some cases, where involution of the uterus was not very firm, a syringing out of the uterus itself with a solution of carbolic acid two or three times a day, so as to dislodge any clots or shreds of membrane that may perchance remain. But this operation should be done without force, for fear the injection should enter the Fallopian tubes and excite peritonitis. As a chamber disinfectant, I find terebene useful blown from a spray apparatus, and it has also a grateful odour. The temperature of the room should be kept evenly at 65 degrees. In conclusion, I think that by strongly urging our nurses and patients to use and submit to a continued and routine antiseptic treatment, and educating them both by our example and precept, that a widespread knowledge of the danger of infection, and the utility of perfect cleanliness at these times, will be promoted, to the benefit of the community and the honour of our profession. CASE OF ABORTION AT THREE AND A-HALF MONTHS, IN WHICH THE PLACENTA WAS PROBABLY RETAINED. By David Young, M.D., Florence. I VENTURE to bring the following case before the readers of the JOURNAL, as it presents one feature of remarkable interest—viz., that neither the placenta, nor any part of it, was ever found to have been actually expelled from the uterus. It has fallen to my lot to attend nearly three thousand midwifery cases, and amongst them the average number of premature births ; but not one of them took the same course, or e...« less