Childbirth

Painless Childbirth

Natural Childbirth

proceedings, and the present volume comprises such a report of the first conference, which was held in November 1949, under the chairmanship of C. N. H. Long. Each of five sessions was opened by a concise presentation of one topic in the field, as follows: Relation of Chemical Structure of Adrenal Cortical Hormones to Biological Activity, by Edward C. Kendall; Regulation of Adrenal Cortical Sec...

Safe Childbirth

This book is not a discussion of vital statistics, as the name might imply but rather the observations of a life-time study of obstetrics in many countries, some in the far corners of the globe. The author is convinced that if the process of childbirth is to be made more safe certain essentials are requisite. Chief of these are: 1. The round pelvic brim. 2. Flexible pelvic joints. 3. Natural po...

Natural Childbirth

Painless Childbirth

on in France. The book represents a lay agitation for " twilight sleep," and describes the experiences of several women who have been delivered at Freiburg. From the obstetrical point of view, the principal interest lies in the three appendices where Kronig and Gauss give the details of the method and meet the various arguments which have been launched against " twilight sleep." The writers evi...