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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    pains—the patient becomes so irritable, that an opiate, seasonably interposed, acts almost as a charm; but when adminis¬ tered through habit, it checks secretion —constipates the bowels—prolongs the after-pains—and very seriously affects the head. To practitioners of this description, I would also say, that especially in lingering cases, the management of mind is truly important. The mind is in the condition of the quickest sensibility. Every thing transacted about the patient should be done openly. All whisperings or attempts at secfecy, excite the utmost curiosity, and essays at evasion only heighten the dis¬ tress. All allusion to unfavourable cases should be most sacredly avoided. Nothing should tempt the individual on whom re¬ liance is placed in these instances, to con¬ cede the truth—a falsehood once detected, contravenes all future trust ; and however there may be exhibited the external signs of belief, the mind will be harassed with the most painful suspicion. A most guard¬ ed prognostic too, not only in reference to