The married lady's companion, or, Poor man's friend; in four parts : I. An address to the married lady, who is the mother of daughters : II. An address to the newly married lady : III. Some important hints to the midwife : IV. An essay on the management and common diseases of children / by Samuel K. Jennings.

  • Jennings, Samuel K. (Samuel Kennedy), 1771-1854.
Date:
[1808?]
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Credit: The married lady's companion, or, Poor man's friend; in four parts : I. An address to the married lady, who is the mother of daughters : II. An address to the newly married lady : III. Some important hints to the midwife : IV. An essay on the management and common diseases of children / by Samuel K. Jennings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    plaint, is nearly the fame as that of an entire ob- ilruclion, and will therefore yeild to the fame treatments; which fee in the following chapter. But when the painful fymptoms come on, bathe her lower extremities in warm water, of about blood heat, to be continued half an hour, jutt.be- fore going to bed j on lying down give from twen- ty-five to fifty drops of the tincture of opium, re- peat chis plan every night till the pains abate. Afterwards in the intervals, between the times of the difcharge, purfue one of the plans advifed in the following chapter, regulating your choice according to the prevailing fymptoms of her cafe. CHAP. XVIII. ObstruBed Menses. IF by alternate expofure to heat and cold, or by any other accidental means, the menfes ceafe to flow, they are laid to be obftrucled. There are different appearances in this difeafe, according to 'he ftate of the general fyftem. I {hall mark three variations for the lake of diltinc- tion. 1 he firft is generally brought on by fome kind of expofure or accident. In-this cafe, there will be a fenfible fu'lnei's or increafed motion cf the ing a fwiming and dull heavy pain of the head; which, are increafed on {looping down ; a rednefs, a fullnefs, with a fenfe of weight acrofs the eves ; an averfion to motion, an iinuiual fenfe of weaknefs and heavinefs of all the limbs; and a bleeding at the nofe &c. Where thefe, or moll of thefe fymptoms occur, ill. Let blood from the foot ten or twelve ounces, to