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| BOOKS ON OLD MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND REMEDIES |
THE PRACTICAL
HOME PHYSICIAN AND ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICINE The biggy of the late 1800's. Clearly shows the massive inroads in medical science and the treatment of disease.
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ALCOHOL AND THE HUMAN BODY In fact alcohol was known to be a poison, and considered quite dangerous. Something modern medicine now agrees with. This was known circa 1907. A very impressive scientific book on the subject. |
DISEASES OF THE SKIN is a massive book on skin diseases from 1914. Don't be feint hearted though, it's loaded with photos that I found disturbing. |
Part of SAVORY'S COMPENDIUM OF DOMESTIC MEDICINE:
19th CENTURY HEALTH MEDICINES AND DRUGS |
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Puerperal Convulsions.
Puerperal Convulsions:
A most distressing as well as serious accident of childbed, is
the recurrence of convulsions. They are, by the way, a feature not
merely of the period following delivery, since they may occur during labor or during the last three months of pregnancy. In discussing the compications of pregnancy, it was noted that persistent
swelling of the feet, when accompanied by pain in the top and at
the back of the head, was a condition calling for the immediate attention of the medical adviser. The physician recognizes in such
cases the probability that some time, either before, during or subsequent to labor, he will have to deal with a case of convulsions.
Many times there occur derangements of vision and of hearing, and
often pain in the abdomen. Just before a fit the pain in the head
becomes aggravated and continuous, and the patient not infrequently becomes quite blind. The convulsion itself throws the
body into the most violent contortions, an extremely painful spectacle for the friends. After its subsidence-it may last from two
to ten minutes in all-the patient remains for a time stupid, or may
even fail to regain her consciousness before death. If these convulsions occur with great frequency before delivery, and if the
patient's health is evidently impaired, it may become necessary for
the physician to induce premature labor to save the life of the
mother. If they occur just subsequent to delivery, they need
rarely occasion anxiety for the immediate future. In every instance
there may be no interference except by professional hands, for most
of the agents used - such as chloroform and chloral-may not be
entrusted to irresponsible hands.
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