A treatise on the puerperal fever : illustrated by cases, which occurred in Leeds and its vicinity, in the years 1809-1812 / by William Hey, jun.

  • Hey, William, 1772-1844.
Date:
1815
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Credit: A treatise on the puerperal fever : illustrated by cases, which occurred in Leeds and its vicinity, in the years 1809-1812 / by William Hey, jun. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ** the disease, it then ceased spontaneously * I Appendix, would further observe, that in the Case I have just Case 29. related, a spontaneous diarrhoea had commenced; for three evacuations had taken place in rapid succession, before the exhibition of any purga- tive. It must, however, be submitted to the test of future observation, whether or not Puerperal Fever with Diarrhoea requires a treatment essentially different from other forms of the disease. Influenced by frequent experience of the inutility of opiates in the Puerperal Fever, I have latterly discarded them from my practice. In the last Case, however, I thought it proper to depart from my general rule, and the deviation was attended with apparent advantage. But let it be observed, that a diarrhoea had previously subsisted for three days, nearly at the rate, on a;n average, of sixteen evacuations in a day; and that the opiate was administered in small doses, and in the form of injection, so that it did not long suppress the alvine excre- tions. The unusual length of time during which the * Gordon on the Puerperal Fever, p. 89, 90.