Parturition And The Principles And Practice Of Obstetrics - Softcover

William Tyler Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461225581 ISBN 13: 9780461225587

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Parturition And The Principles And Practice Of Obstetrics by William Tyler Smith presents a nineteenth-century program for reforming obstetric practice through a physiology-driven, nervi-motor view of labor. It juxtaposes British and Continental approaches, argues for elevating physician-led childbirth over midwife-dominated care, and lays out lectures on development, mechanism, motor action, and the nerves of the reproductive system. The work advances a reflex obstetrics framework in which labor is understood as a neural-driven sequence, and it treats puerperal convulsions as primarily spinal-reflex phenomena. It prescribes a five-pronged therapeutic algorithm—addressing reflex uterine action, direct spinal stimulation, abdominal irritability, mechanical measures, and appropriate use of medicines—while cautioning against single-formula remedies. The author situates obstetrics within broader social and professional reform, referencing Harvey, Hunter, Denman, and other authorities, and argues for a principled, eclectic synthesis of traditions. Grounded in lectures and case material, it seeks to orient clinicians toward mechanism-based practice, humane care, and evidence-based management of labor, abortion, and neonatal respiration.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461225581
• ISBN 13: 9780461225587
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 430