Relief of Pain in Childbirth: A Handbook for the General Practitioner

This book gives a full account of the substances and devices adopted to make labour painless. There is a full discussion about the merits and demerits of the various drugs used. There is a discourse about the special attention to be given to expecting mothers to prepare them for the co-operation on their part?which according to the authors goes a long way for the success of the use of analgesics and anaesthetics during labour. The authors realize that anaesthetics properly administered should not harm the new-born baby. They have given adequate instructions for the prevention and treatment of fcetal respiratory complications. This book is recommended for the use of general practitioners who are frequently called upon to anaesthetize or prescribe analgesics for their labour cases. There are some good illustrations of some British apparatuses for the administration of particular anaesthetics. The printing and the get-up are both satisfactory.