Abstract
At the present time no medical problem in the United States is without its bearing on the winning of the war and the maintenance of the strength of our population. It is pertinent to ask, What has modern obstetric science and art to give to the nation, and how may it best be given and most efficiently used? Among the recent advances in obstetrics there are measures which may be rightly called medical and others which are surgical. MEDICAL ADVANCES IN OBSTETRICS In the first, agencies to relieve pain during parturition and to prevent suffering and shock are easily of the first importance. The combination of the treatment by suggestion, discipline, morphin and scopolamin, known as the twilight sleep method, has largely collapsed in its gaseous elements, but we have a true knowledge gained by experience of its real value. Those who have used it most intelligently say that when
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