Further Observations on the Prevention of Puerperal Temperatures and Local Sepsis *Read at a Meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society on 10th May 1939.

An Aid in the Prevention of Puerperal Sepsis *Read at a Meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society on 10th February 1932.

clinical experiments have been conducted since the year 1927 sufficient time has elapsed to treat a large number of cases and estimate the value of the method in preventing puerperal sepsis. To enable you to judge the influence of the treatment as well as the type of case dealt with I have distributed leaflets among the members of this society and for purposes of reference these have been label...

Puerperal Gangrene *Read at a Meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, 10th March 1937.

Peripheral gangrene is, fortunately, a very rare complication of pregnancy and the puerperium. Stein (1916) describes two personal cases and reviews the literature on the subject. In both the cases he describes puerperal sepsis was present ; a severe infection in one patient in whom symmetrical dry gangrene involved both feet. He suggests that the symmetrical gangrene was caused by a thrombus m...

Some Observations on Puerperal Sepsis, with Special Reference to Its Occurrence in Maternity Hospitals *Read 14th May 1930.

cases developing sepsis from 5-6 per cent, to 1-6 per cent., and of suspect cases from 12-4 per cent, to 6-9 per cent. The improved results for suspect cases can only be explained by the better supervision and intensive nursing which they received. This must also have played an important part in the betterment of the clean cases. A " scare " regarding sepsis has a general tonic effect on nursin...

The Therapeutic Uses of Progesterone *Read at a meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society held on 14th December 1938.

Anatomical Variations in the Female Pelvis: Their Classification and Obstetrical Significance *Read by invitation at a special meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, held on 26th October 1938, by H. C. Moloy.