Woman : an historical gynæcological and anthropological compendium. Volume three /
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London :
William Heinemann (Medical Books) Ltd.,
[1935]
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Woman: An Historical Gynæcological and Anthropological Compendiun ; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I. DIFFICULT AND ABNORMAL BIRTHS; 1. PRIMITIVE CONCEPTS OF CAUSES; 2. HISTORICAL DATA; 3. THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE TREATMENT OF DIFFICULT LABOUR; 4. DIFFICULT LABOUR DUE TO PHYSICAL DEFECTS IN THE MOTHER; 5. THE RÔLE OF THE EMBRYO; 6. DIFFICULT BIRTH THROUGH ABNORMAL CHANNELS; 7. DIFFICULT LABOUR DUE TO THE PLACENTA; CHAPTER II. DIFFICULT LABOUR IN POPULAR BELIEF; 1. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN DIFFICULT LABOUR
- 2. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG ANCIENT CIVILISED PEOPLES AND THEIR SUCCESSORS3. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE ANCIENT TEUTONS AND SCANDINAVIANS; 4. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE LATIN PEOPLES; 5. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE PEOPLES OF RUSSIA AND THE SLAVS; 6. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE MAGYARS, GIPSIES AND MODERN GREEKS; 7. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE JAPANESE AND CHINESE; 8. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE PRE-COLUMBIAN INHABITANTS OF MEXICO; 9 SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE AMERICAN INDIANS
- 10. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE AFRICAN TRIBES11. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE ASIATIC PEOPLES; 12. SUPERNATURAL HELP IN LABOUR AMONG THE PEOPLES OF OCEANIA; 13. CONFESSION AS AN EXPEDIENT IN DIFFICULT LABOUR; 14. CALLING AND ENTICING THE CHILD AS EXPEDIENTS IN DIFFICULT LABOUR; CHAPTER III. NATURAL MEANS OF CORRECTING PATHOLOGICAL LABOUR; 1. VARIOUS METHODS; 2. MEDICAMENTS AND DRUGS; 3. INTERNAL APPLICATIONS; 4. EXTERNAL APPLICATION; 5. MECHANICAL MEANS; 6. MECHANICAL MEANS IN JAPAN; 7. PRESSURE AS A HELP IN DIFFICULT LABOUR
- 8. SEVERE PRESSURE ON THE ABDOMEN AS A HELP IN DIFFICULT LABOUR9. LACING AND SQUEEZING THE ABDOMEN AS A HELP IN DIFFICULT LABOUR; 10. SUSPENSION AND SHAKING OF THE MOTHER'S BODY AS A HELP IN DIFFICULT LABOUR; CHAPTER IV. BIRTH IN CASES OF ABNORMAL LABOUR; 1. VIEWS OF THE CAUSES; 2. METHODS OF EXTERNAL MANIPULATION IN CASES OF ABNORMAL PRESENTATION; 3. INVERTING THE MOTHER AS A HELP IN CASES OF ABNORMAL PRESENTATION; 4. INTERNAL MANIPULATIONS AS A HELP IN CASES OF ABNORMAL PRESENTATION; 5. THE DESTRUCTION AND DISMEMBERMENT OF THE CHILD; CHAPTER V. CÆSAREAN SECTION
- 1. THE NATURE OF THE OPERATION2. DELIVERY OF THE LIVING CHILD BY SECTION FROM THE LIVING MOTHER; 3. CÆSAREAN SECTION AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES; CHAPTER VI. THE PHYSIOLOGY AND THE PATHOLOGY OF THE PUERPERIUM; 1. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PUERPERIUM; 2. THE DANGERS OF THE PUERPERIUM; 3. HÆMORRHAGE DURING THE PUERPERIUM; 4. PRIMITIVE METHODS OF PREVENTION OF POST-PARTUM HÆMORRHAGE; 5. PROLAPSE OF THE UTERUS IN THE PUERPERIUM; 6. AFTER-PAINS IN THE PUERPERIUM; 7. PUERPERAL FEVER; 8. PUERPERAL INSANITY; CHAPTER VII. THE THERAPY OF THE PUERPERIUM