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The Matron’s Manual of Midwifery

by Frederick Hollick

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Part I — Midwifery
  4. 4Section I — Position, Structure, and Functions of the Organs and Pa…
  5. 5Chapter I — Position of the Organs and Parts
  6. 6Chapter II — Structure of the Principal Organs and Parts
  7. 7Chapter III — Functions of the Principal Female Organs
  8. 8Chapter IV — Fœtal Development
  9. 9Section II — Signs of Pregnancy, and the Means of Detecting It; Its…
  10. 10Chapter V — Signs of Pregnancy, and the Means of Detecting It
  11. 11Chapter VI — Duration of Pregnancy
  12. 12Chapter VII — Period When the Child Can Live
  13. 13Chapter VIII — Form and Size of the Fœtus at Full Term
  14. 14Chapter IX — The Appendages of the Fœtus at Term
  15. 15Chapter X — Presentations and Positions of the Fœtus
  16. 16Chapter XI — The Mechanism of Delivery, in a Presentation of the Head
  17. 17Chapter XII — Mechanism of Delivery in Presentations of the Lower E…
  18. 18Chapter XIII — Mechanism of Delivery in Presentations of the Face
  19. 19Chapter XIV — Mechanism of Delivery in Presentations of the Trunk
  20. 20Section V — The Physiology of Spontaneous Delivery, or Childbirth,…
  21. 21Chapter XV — Of Delivery in General
  22. 22Chapter XVI — The Progress, Phenomena, and Duration of Natural Labor
  23. 23Chapter XVII — The Conduct or Management of a Natural Labor
  24. 24Section VI — Protracted and Difficult Labors
  25. 25Chapter XVIII — The Causes and Consequences of Prolonged Labor to B…
  26. 26Chapter XIX — Causes Connected With the Mother Which May Impede Lab…
  27. 27Chapter XX — Causes Connected With the Child, or Children, Which Ma…
  28. 28Chapter XXI — Uterine Hemorrhage, or Flooding, During Labor
  29. 29Chapter XXII — Eclampsia, or Convulsions During Labor
  30. 30Chapter XXIII — Rupture of the Womb or Vagina
  31. 31Chapter XXIV — Operations With Instruments
  32. 32Chapter XXV — Operations With the Hand
  33. 33Part II — The Diseases of Women During Pregnancy, and in Child-Bed
  34. 34Section IX — The Diseases of Pregnancy
  35. 35Chapter XXVI — Sympathetic Diseases Occurring During Pregnancy
  36. 36Chapter XXVII — Idiopathic, or Primary Diseases Incident to Pregnancy
  37. 37Chapter XXVIII — Diseases of Childbed
  38. 38Appendix

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