Case of Puerperal Convulsions, Occasioned by Undigested Food

Case of Puerperal Convulsions

Nitro-Glycerin in Puerperal Convulsions

was felt. The physician was finally summoned, with the request to go immediately, as the patient was in convulsions. He says, " On my arrival, I found her lying on the floor in convulsions, which, however, were less violent than they had been. On their first appearance, the midwife had, with considerable presence of mind, applied sinapisms to the calves of the legs and to the nape of the neck :...

A Case of Puerperal Convulsions. Treated with Chloroform Inhalation

snore loudly, and as she could not be roused, the door was forced, and the girl was found lying flat on the floor quite insensible, her breathing stertorous, eyes semi-closed, jaws locked, features distorted, and a stream of bloody froth running out from both the angles of the mouth, her muscles rigid, her dress saturated with urine, voided involuntarily, with violent convulsions occurring almo...

Puerperal Convulsions during Delivery: Craniotomy

The following notes of a case of puerperal convulsions will, I trust, prove of great professional interest to the many readers of your journal owing to the unusual nature of some of the symptoms therein recorded. Some time ago I was hurriedly called in to see a Bohra woman, suffering from violent puerperal convulsions. She was a young, well-built woman of 2-3 years, in her tenth month of pregna...

Three Cases of Puerperal Convulsions Treated by Venesection