Notes on a Case of Puerperal Eclampsia Treated by Morphia
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Patient was an Eurasian, aged 34* years, she commenced menstruating at the age of 13 years, and, when occurring, her periods were regular monthly, lasting 4 to 5 days and of normal quantity. At the age of 13 years, shortly after she commenced to menstruate, she was married and has had altogether 12 pregnancies. All ended normally except the last two, which ended in miscarriages at 5 and 3 months respectively. Her present pregnancy dated from 8^ months ago and was apparently normal in every respect. On October 19th patient experienced intense headache with vomiting and pain and stiffness in the back of the neck ; the temperature, when she was seen, was 103?, and the urine contained about ̂ th of albumin, but was apparently normal in quantity. A hypodermic injection of half a grain of morphia was given, followed by 40 grains of potassium bromide. The patient slept well find the vomiting ceased; temperature fell to normal. On October 21st the pain in the head returned, as also did the fever; temperature being 101? F. Forty grains of potassium bromide
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The Treatment of Puerperal Eclampsia, with Notes on 220 Cases of Puerperal Eclampsia Treated at the Government Hospital for Women and Children, Madras, during the Years January 1922 to July 1926 *A paper read at the Indian Science Congress, Lahore, in January, 1927.
In a paper contributed by us to the Indian Medical Gazette in 1922 we submitted an analysis of 450 cases of eclampsia treated at the Madras Maternity Hospital between the years 1908 and 1922, and then touched thereln on some factors which we thought weie of Primary importance in the treatment of the disease. Since the publication of this papei, we have had under our treatment a large numbei cas...
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دوره 39 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016