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Observations on Abortion / Containing an account of the manner in which it is accomplished, the causes which produced it, and the method of preventing or treating it

Chapter 1: OBSERVATIONS ON ABORTION. CONTAINING An Account of the Manner in which it is accomplished, the Causes which produced it, and the Method of preventing or treating it.
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The text begins with a detailed account of uterine structure and ovum formation, then examines the mechanisms and causes of miscarriage, distinguishing menstrual and gestational vascular changes. It evaluates prognosis by factors such as general health, hemorrhage severity, and established uterine contraction, stressing that early warning and prompt intervention are critical. Prevention advice covers management of habitual miscarriage through diet, graduated exercise, regulated sleep, bowel care, and cautious use of tonics. Practical treatment sections address measures to check threatened abortion, safe conduct through inevitable miscarriage, hemorrhage control, and post-event care aimed at restoring the patient's constitution.

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Title: Observations on Abortion

Author: John Burns

Release date: October 10, 2021 [eBook #66506]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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OBSERVATIONS
ON
ABORTION.
CONTAINING
An Account of the Manner in which it is accomplished, the Causes which produced it, and the Method of preventing or treating it.

∽∽∽∽
BY JOHN BURNS,
LECTURER ON MIDWIFERY, AND MEMBER OF THE FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS IN GLASGOW.
∽∽∽∽
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME,
PATER-NOSTER ROW.
1806.
TO
THE GENTLEMEN
WHO ATTENDED THE AUTHOR’S
LECTURES
IN THE SESSION
1802–3,
THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED,
AS A
GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE
OF THE
VERY FLATTERING COMPLIMENT
WHICH THEY
BESTOWED UPON
HIM.