An address to British females on the moral management of pregnancy and labour ... / Suggested by the death of ... Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales.

  • Cooke, William, 1785-1873
Date:
1817
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An address to British females on the moral management of pregnancy and labour ... / Suggested by the death of ... Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    if they are associated with anxiety and im- patieiice, their usefulness is completely frus¬ trated. If relatives are chosen, they should be such as know how to regulate their feel- ings-T-when to withhold, as well as when to impart. On the other hand, those who have no feeling, no commiseration, (and there are such among women), should be fully excluded from such an occasion, and there should not be one person present as a mere spectator. But of ordinary attendants, the selection of a good nurse is of chief im¬ portance. It should be essential that she have discharged maternal duties; that she be experienced — good tempered-—mode¬ rately active—of good understanding—mo¬ dest, not forward; and not loquacious. She should know how to discharge the duties of her office without stepping beyond it. She should have judgment enough to buoy up the spirits when they needlessly flag, and caution enough not to permit unusual symptoms to arise without the cognizance of those on whom that responsibility more particularly rests. Persons whose minds have been little