Puerperal Mortality

Puerperal Mortality

to such painful sacrifice of mothers. I may tell you at the outset that I have nothing fresh to communicate, but I have marshalled, at some trouble, a formidable array of figures which cannot fail to convince the most callous that it is our duty to use all our endeavours to protect the mothers of England and Wales, about 4,000 of whom annually die in childbed. Puerperal Mortality naturally divi...

Puerperal Septicæmia

Dr. GkddES presents the above admirable thesis based upon the fact that puerperal fever occurs more frequently in the practice of medical practitioners in Great Britain than in the practice of certified midwives, and one must confess that he has proved his case in this book. Puerperal fever, unfortunately, does not seem to get any less in its incidence, and it would appear that while the majori...

Puerperal Fever

Puerperal Fever

commend curetting in acute cases, an operation which is practically condemned by all modern writers. No mention is made of any other operative treatment such as pelvic drainage, hysterectomy, ligature of pelvic veins, removal of tubes or ovaries, etc., all of which may have to be considered under certain conditions, nor does he seem to be aware that the treatment of puerperal septicaemia by mea...

Puerperal Eclampsia