commend curetting in acute cases, an operation which is practically condemned by all modern writers. No mention is made of any other operative treatment such as pelvic drainage, hysterectomy, ligature of pelvic veins, removal of tubes or ovaries, etc., all of which may have to be considered under certain conditions, nor does he seem to be aware that the treatment of puerperal septicaemia by mea...

Sir,?From Table III and footnotes of Major Gifford's article on Puerperal Eclampsia in the November number of the Indian Medical Gazette, it would appear that cases shown under each drug were not treated by that drug alone but. in combination with other drugs. During the first decade 158 women were treated, but the total of the numbers under each drug comes to 827. Each complete plan of medical...

Background: Thyroid disorders are the most common endocrinopathies encountered during pregnancy in India. gland and its functions immensely influenced by pregnancy. This study was designed to evaluate prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism foeto-maternal outcome amongst pregnant mothers having such disorder. Methods: In this hospital based, observational, comparative study, which carried out ...

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect type calving (normal or assisted) on occurrence puerperal uterine disorders and number artificial inseminations (AI) per conception pregnancy rate at 150 days postpartum (PPD). Cows were observed during parturition classified as normal assisted. Normal required no human interference, while assisted a calf removal aid via vaginal access. ...

his unwillingness to publish" (p. 102); he points out that misunderstandings "were Semmelweis's fault and no one else's" (p. 100). But there is no reason to think these judgements inaccurate or unfair; Semmelweis was, and remains, a difficult figure. If Loudon has introduced nothing new, he has recounted Semmelweis's part in the puerperal fever story with an admirable lack of sentimentality. Lo...

Surgeon-Major Dimmock gave an introductory address on the subject of forms of puerperal fevers in India. The introductory part of the address dealt with the importance of the work of the Countess of Dufferin Fund which was paving the way to a better knowledge of the science of midwifery and the diseases of women and children in India, in which there had not been so much advance as in general me...

Twenty-one cunsultant psychiatrists participated in a prospective study of post-abortion psychosis among a population of 1 333 000 people. During the 15-month study only a single case was reported, concerning a woman who had a history of two previous attacks of puerperal psychosis. The incidence of post-abortion psychosis was 0-3 per 1000 legal abortions. The incidence of puerperal psychosis, w...