On visceral hæmorrhages in stillborn children : an analysis of 130 autopsies being a contribution to the study of the causation of stillbirth / by Herbert R. Spencer.

  • Spencer, Herbert R. (Herbert Ritchie), 1860-1941
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[1892]
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Credit: On visceral hæmorrhages in stillborn children : an analysis of 130 autopsies being a contribution to the study of the causation of stillbirth / by Herbert R. Spencer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to cases in which there exists some pressing danger to mother or child, and it should never be employed merely to shorten the time of labour. IX. In breech presentations examination of the genital organs of the child should be carefully avoided during delivery. As soon as the child’s limbs are born they should be wrapped in a thick layer of antiseptic wool (which keeps the child warm, and prevents the hand from slipping, and protects the limb from pressure). If trac- tion is necessary it should be made over wool wrapped around the child’s limbs or pelvis. It should never be made by the hand around the child’s waist. X. In delivering the after-coming head care should be taken that the sterno-mastoid muscles are not unduly stretched or pressed upon. In cases where the after- coming head is in the pelvis, where there is even slight diffculty, resort should be had to forceps to deliver. Literature. Ancelon. “ De l’influence de la compression du foie par les parties molles dans l’accouchement naturel,” Glaz. des Hopitaux, 1855. Birnbauh. “ Ueber die Einfluss der Geburtsthatigkeit auf den Korper der Frucht,” Monatschrift fur Geb. und Frauenkr., 1856. Charrier. “ De l’influence de la compression de la t£te par les parties molles dans l’accouchement naturel,” Gaz. des Hopitaux, 1855. Cruveilhier. Anatomie pathologique, Paris, 1829-35. Depaul. “ De l’infiltration sero-sanguine,” &c., Arch, de Tocologie, 1879. Dohrn. “ Ueber den Ursprung subcutaner Bluter- giisse bei Neugebornen,” Vierteljalirsch. fur gerichtl. und offentl. Medicin, 1871. Dorrington. “ On Abdominal Apoplexy in New-born Children,” Provincial Med. Journ., 1842-3, v, 315.