A treatise, etc / [Alexander Hamilton].

  • Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802
Date:
1809
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Credit: A treatise, etc / [Alexander Hamilton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the early months of pregnancy, it is gene- rally productive of no immediate danger, pro- vided proper assistance be called; but after the fifth month, the life of the patient is always in a precarious situation, till the womb he entirely emptied of its contents. The event, however, in every case, may be judged of by attending to the nature of the symptoms, and of the causes which induce the accident. The former of these have already been explained. With respect to the latter, where the cause is discovered to proceed from the death of the child, or from such a state ot the ' mother’s body that the womb cannot retain the child, such as great irritability or weakness of the general system, or of the womb itself, or irritation communicated from the parts conti- tmous to that organ, the threatening event can- O not be prevented. If, however, fulness is ob- served to be the cause, or any violent passion of the mind, if the bearing-down pains have not come on, by proper management the wo- man may be yet enabled to carry the child to the full time. It is of importance also to remark, that in some rare cases, where abortion is threatened from these causes, if the woman have conceived twins or triplets, one child may be expelled, and the other retained.