Transcriber's NotesPage39states, "In Plate VII. the line marked † crosses the upper strait, or brim of the Pelvis," but there is no † in the original image.On page341, Chapter XXIII was incorrectly labeled Chapter XXII. That has been corrected here.Minor punctuation errors were corrected on pagesvi,4,13,19,90,141,151,200,202,206,215,258,271,301,313,323,346,457,460,464.Inconsistencies in hyphenation and capitalization have been retained. Original spellings have been retained except in the cases of these apparent typographical errors:Page29, "situate" changed to "situated." (This is the part situated between...)Page53, "tha" changed to "that." (Thus some authors asserted that...)Page56, "barenness" changed to "barrenness." (...or, in other words, which produce barrenness...)Page64, "Tincœ" changed to "Tincæ." (The Os Tincæ, or mouth of the Womb.)Page116, "is" changed to "in" in two instances. (...Womb in a first pregnancy, and in a female...)Page138, "expeeted" changed to "expected." (...or before the expected period...)Page156, "foetal" changed to "fœtal." (...and covered with the fœtal membranes...)Page183, "rotale" changed to "rotate." (...the head is compelled to turn, or rotate...)Page203, "cephalio" changed to "cephalo." (...it is called the right cephalo iliac position...)Page238, "langour" changed to "languor." (...falls into a quiet and pleasing langour...)Page240, "signs" changed to "sign." (...and if there is no sign of its coming...)Page243, "subseqnent" changed to "subsequent." (...being done in their subsequent labors.)Page247, "asphyxated" changed to "asphyxiated." (...are most likely to become asphyxiated...)Page253, "capble" changed to "capable." (...she thinks herself stronger, and more capable...)Page255, "presentatious" changed to "presentations." (...very unfavorable presentations of the fœtus...)Page257, "unforseen" changed to "unforeseen." (...alarmed when unforeseen difficulties occur...)Page281, "developement" changed to "development." (The development of the head cannot be ascertained...)Page307, "cause" changed to "causes." (Still such presentation occasionally causes...)Page311, "presentatations" changed to "presentations." (...most dangerous of all the presentations...)Page313, "and" changed to "any." (...child and pelvis from any other cause.)Page323, "recommeuds" changed to "recommends." (Mauriceau recommends that women...)Page333, "continuanee" changed to "continuance." (...the continuance of pregnancy to the full period...)Page333, "inadmissable" changed to "inadmissible." (The plug is here totally inadmissible...)Page341, "honr" changed to "hour." (...may be preserved for an hour or two...)Page341, "amni" changed to "amnii." (...and then if the liquor amnii...)Page349, "introdueed" changed to "introduced." (When the first blade is properly introduced...)Page371, "distate" changed to "distaste." (This means a complete distaste...)Page380, "meat" changed to "neat." (A neat spoonful should be drunk...)Page385, "weaknes" changed to "weakness." (...a state of weakness and exhaustion.)Page385, "chlid" changed to "child." (...than dangerous, except to the child...)Page395, "unles" changed to "unless." (...unless very large, they cause...)Page397, "truely" changed to "truly." (...as truly so as those on the limbs...)Page408, "mattrass" changed to "mattress." (...lie on her back, on a hard mattress...)Page409, "accummulate" changed to "accumulate." (...and makes it accumulate in the womb...)Page413, "ocurrence" changed to "occurrence." (...which may account for the constant occurrence...)Page418, "ccnclusion" changed to "conclusion." (In conclusion it should be remarked...)Page422, "temblings" changed to "tremblings." (...then follow tremblings, numbness of the limbs...)Page426, "spmptoms" changed to "symptoms." (...after the first symptoms of the disease...)Page436, "two" changed to "too." (...or too unremittingly, particularly...)Page441, "oocasional" changed to "occasional." (...occasional doses of James's Fever Powder...)Page441, "James' fever powders" changed to "James's Fever Powder." (...occasional doses of James's Fever Powder...)Page445, "recommened" changed to "recommended." (Mesmerism has been recommended...)Page445, "develope" changed to "develop." (...will develop the bones of the fœtus...)Page450, "crowed" changed to "crowded." (...on the operating table of a crowded theatre...)Page452, "minmtes" changed to "minutes." (...the child was expelled in fifty minutes afterwards.)Page455, "throngh" changed to "through." (...with unusual difficulty through the brim.)Page457, "humau" changed to "human." (...natural parturition in the human mother.)Page459, "coporeal" changed to "corporeal." (...principles of our corporeal existence...)Page460, "1840" changed to "1846." (March 20, 1846)Page464, "Peansylvanian" changed to "Pennsylvanian." (From the Pennsylvanian, (Philadelphia,) Jan. 26, 1847.)On page240, an extra "an" was removed from the phrase "...to wait more than an hour..."On page456, the word "of" was missing from the phrase "...after a careful examination of all the cases recorded..."On page457, an extra "of" was removed from the phrase "the superinduction of anæsthesia."
Transcriber's Notes
Page39states, "In Plate VII. the line marked † crosses the upper strait, or brim of the Pelvis," but there is no † in the original image.
On page341, Chapter XXIII was incorrectly labeled Chapter XXII. That has been corrected here.
Minor punctuation errors were corrected on pagesvi,4,13,19,90,141,151,200,202,206,215,258,271,301,313,323,346,457,460,464.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation and capitalization have been retained. Original spellings have been retained except in the cases of these apparent typographical errors:
Page29, "situate" changed to "situated." (This is the part situated between...)
Page53, "tha" changed to "that." (Thus some authors asserted that...)
Page56, "barenness" changed to "barrenness." (...or, in other words, which produce barrenness...)
Page64, "Tincœ" changed to "Tincæ." (The Os Tincæ, or mouth of the Womb.)
Page116, "is" changed to "in" in two instances. (...Womb in a first pregnancy, and in a female...)
Page138, "expeeted" changed to "expected." (...or before the expected period...)
Page156, "foetal" changed to "fœtal." (...and covered with the fœtal membranes...)
Page183, "rotale" changed to "rotate." (...the head is compelled to turn, or rotate...)
Page203, "cephalio" changed to "cephalo." (...it is called the right cephalo iliac position...)
Page238, "langour" changed to "languor." (...falls into a quiet and pleasing langour...)
Page240, "signs" changed to "sign." (...and if there is no sign of its coming...)
Page243, "subseqnent" changed to "subsequent." (...being done in their subsequent labors.)
Page247, "asphyxated" changed to "asphyxiated." (...are most likely to become asphyxiated...)
Page253, "capble" changed to "capable." (...she thinks herself stronger, and more capable...)
Page255, "presentatious" changed to "presentations." (...very unfavorable presentations of the fœtus...)
Page257, "unforseen" changed to "unforeseen." (...alarmed when unforeseen difficulties occur...)
Page281, "developement" changed to "development." (The development of the head cannot be ascertained...)
Page307, "cause" changed to "causes." (Still such presentation occasionally causes...)
Page311, "presentatations" changed to "presentations." (...most dangerous of all the presentations...)
Page313, "and" changed to "any." (...child and pelvis from any other cause.)
Page323, "recommeuds" changed to "recommends." (Mauriceau recommends that women...)
Page333, "continuanee" changed to "continuance." (...the continuance of pregnancy to the full period...)
Page333, "inadmissable" changed to "inadmissible." (The plug is here totally inadmissible...)
Page341, "honr" changed to "hour." (...may be preserved for an hour or two...)
Page341, "amni" changed to "amnii." (...and then if the liquor amnii...)
Page349, "introdueed" changed to "introduced." (When the first blade is properly introduced...)
Page371, "distate" changed to "distaste." (This means a complete distaste...)
Page380, "meat" changed to "neat." (A neat spoonful should be drunk...)
Page385, "weaknes" changed to "weakness." (...a state of weakness and exhaustion.)
Page385, "chlid" changed to "child." (...than dangerous, except to the child...)
Page395, "unles" changed to "unless." (...unless very large, they cause...)
Page397, "truely" changed to "truly." (...as truly so as those on the limbs...)
Page408, "mattrass" changed to "mattress." (...lie on her back, on a hard mattress...)
Page409, "accummulate" changed to "accumulate." (...and makes it accumulate in the womb...)
Page413, "ocurrence" changed to "occurrence." (...which may account for the constant occurrence...)
Page418, "ccnclusion" changed to "conclusion." (In conclusion it should be remarked...)
Page422, "temblings" changed to "tremblings." (...then follow tremblings, numbness of the limbs...)
Page426, "spmptoms" changed to "symptoms." (...after the first symptoms of the disease...)
Page436, "two" changed to "too." (...or too unremittingly, particularly...)
Page441, "oocasional" changed to "occasional." (...occasional doses of James's Fever Powder...)
Page441, "James' fever powders" changed to "James's Fever Powder." (...occasional doses of James's Fever Powder...)
Page445, "recommened" changed to "recommended." (Mesmerism has been recommended...)
Page445, "develope" changed to "develop." (...will develop the bones of the fœtus...)
Page450, "crowed" changed to "crowded." (...on the operating table of a crowded theatre...)
Page452, "minmtes" changed to "minutes." (...the child was expelled in fifty minutes afterwards.)
Page455, "throngh" changed to "through." (...with unusual difficulty through the brim.)
Page457, "humau" changed to "human." (...natural parturition in the human mother.)
Page459, "coporeal" changed to "corporeal." (...principles of our corporeal existence...)
Page460, "1840" changed to "1846." (March 20, 1846)
Page464, "Peansylvanian" changed to "Pennsylvanian." (From the Pennsylvanian, (Philadelphia,) Jan. 26, 1847.)
On page240, an extra "an" was removed from the phrase "...to wait more than an hour..."
On page456, the word "of" was missing from the phrase "...after a careful examination of all the cases recorded..."
On page457, an extra "of" was removed from the phrase "the superinduction of anæsthesia."