Textbook Of Obstetrics Research Articles

The Marburg Museum Anatomicum and its unusual gynecological specimens: A brief history and ethical contextualisation

IntroductionThe Marburg Museum Anatomicum displays a number of unique specimens related to obstetric problems. An ethically intensely disputed example is the bisected body of a pregnant woman and her fetus. Current information stemming from previous publications relates it to a fictional young woman who, who, having got pregnant by a student, committed suicide. This narrative was derived from a novel by the author Walter Bloem (1868–1951), orally transmitted without further proof of reliability. The present study attempts to uncover the true background beyond this narrative and to clarify the acquisition of the body by the anatomical collection and its personal background. Sources and methodsArchival material as well as contemporary publications of professors of obstetrics and of anatomy along with data derived from civil and ecclesiastic registry offices were evaluated and compared with observations on the specimen. FindingsComparison of data derived from the fictional description and observations on the specimen showed significant differences, excluding the narrative as a reliable source. Closer examination of the scientific output of former chairs of obstetrics showed that Professor Wilhelm Zangemeister (1871–1930), head of the clinics of gynecology and obstetrics between 1910 and 1925, published several studies on the clinical significance of narrow pelvis during delivery. In his textbook of obstetrics, published in 1927, he showed an illustration of a frozen section of a pregnant woman with kyphosis who had died from myocarditis. The drawing clearly represents the specimen, having been mounted in a large glass vessel in 1922 and included in the collection of the Anatomical Institute. ConclusionsThe current narrative on the bisected body of a pregnant woman and her fetus preserved in the Marburg Museum Anatomicum has nothing to do with the specimen in the collection. In fact, the latter was prepared in 1922 by order of the former professor of obstetrics, Wilhelm Zangemeister, who later published the case in his textbook of obstetrics. The ethical consequences of the changing ontological status and origin of the specimen and its public display are discussed.

MEDICAL REPORT OF THE ST. PETERSBURG MATERIALS AID INSTITUTION FOR 1890

The teaching was carried out according to the previous system and the previous guidelines, namely: at the Midwife Institute: Textbook of Obstetrics for Midwives by Dr. Bidder and Complete Guide to the Study of the Midwifery Art of Dr. A. Zhizhilenko. - The teachers consisted of: at the Midwifery Institute: Professor Dr. Bidder, Associate Professor Dr. Chernevsky and Resident Dr. Stoll; at the School for rural midwives: resident I.F. Smolenskiy and teacher of reading and writing Ms. Gribanova. In addition, for each teacher, to repeat lessons with students and guide them in practical work, there was one tutor from the institution's doctors, namely: under Professor Bidder - Dr. Danilovich, under Associate Professor Chernevsky - Dr. Porshnyakov, under Dr. -re Shtole - Dr. Chagin.

Garbhasanskara : Boon for pregnant woman

Purpose: As the good nutritional food provides physical health, the unborn child in the womb require Sanskara to acquire mental health to thrive. The activity of mother during pregnancy in the form of prayer (good rational thoughts), Manshakti (positive emotion), conversation with fetus (talk) or expressing feeling (touch) is not only recognised by unborn baby but it has a positive effects on physical and mental health. Hence, Garbhasanskara is scientific way of moulding mental health of unborn child. Method: Ayurveda classics, textbook of obstetrics and internet publications were consulted and reviewed for carrying out the present work. Result: The sanskrit word 'Garbha' means fetus in the womb and Sanskara means educating the mind. So, Garbhasanskara essentially means educating the mind of the fetus. The fundamental principle underlying Garbhasanskara is that unborn baby is able to sense, feel, listen, dream, respond to outside stimulus. Even, Ancient Indian medicine has recognized the need for the mental, spiritual and physical preparation of mother-to-be for the momentous event of childbirth. Ayurveda describes this theory as "Supraja Janan" or eu-maternity. This "Supraja Janan" involves the preparation of couple planning pregnancy, 3 months prior to conception. It can be achieved by regular practice of Garbhasanskara which includes music therapy, Mantra therapy, proper Ahara and Vihara, Yoga and meditation. To develop the desired qualities in the baby every mother should follow the process of Garbhasanskara. Discussion: Garbhasanskara is a process of nurturing the baby in womb. It is also process of training the baby as well as mothers mind during pregnancy. It helps in positive state of mind throughout pregnancy, enhances chances of normal delivery, good health of mother during pre and post conception upto delivery and pregnancy occurs without any complication which is the need of current situation due to unhealthy lifestyle habits. So, a broad expanse of this is described in the present paper.

Textbook of Obstetrics by JB Sharma

Textbook of Obstetrics by JB Sharma

Assessing the factors influencing delivery method selection in pregnant women referred to Public hospitals in Shirazr

AbstractBackground and aim: Although cesarean section is the preferred mode of delivery for some mothers ,the rate of cesarean section deliveries has increased to more than 50 percent in some countries. While the World Health Organization has emphasized, cesarean section be performed only based on the indication. This study will assesses the causes and factors influenced on choosing the delivery method in pregnant women referred to Public Hospitals in Shiraz.Material & Methods: A descriptive design was used to assess factors related to mothers’ decisions about mode of delivery. Using a cluster random sampling method, a total number of 417 Pregnant women admitted to hospitals in Shiraz were included in the study. Data were collected by a questionnaire and interview. Data were analyzed by Chi-square, and fisher exact test with using SPSS software.Findings: The results showed significant relation among factors Urbanity, Infant health status, Concern about genital injuries , Spouse views and Willingness to cesarean with choice of cesarean (p <0/05).Conclusion: Due to significant positive attitude of women’s towards the cesarean, rather than normal delivery, it is necessary to inform them about the advantages of normal delivery and health hazard which might cause by Cesarean to the mother and child. The change of women’s Knowledge and attitude about cesarean is needed to avoid further complication.Key Word: delivery, Cesarean, Public hospitals, Shiraz REFERENCES Alimohamaian M, S. M., Mahmoodi M, Ramezanzadeh F( 2003)[ The influence of maternal request on the elective cesarean section rate in maternity hospitals in Tehran, Iran]. Payesh Journal 2(2) 133-139(Persian). Cnattingius R , C. S., Notzon C (1998). 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Instrumente und ihre Namensgeber: Ernst Bumm (1858–1925) und die Abortkürette nach Bumm

Surgical gynecology received several important stimuli from Ernst Bumm, but he became famous above all for his “Textbook of Obstetrics”, for decades the leading obstetrical textbook in Germany. As a scientist and a pupil of Wilhelm von Scanzoni, Bumm studied the role of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. He became professor in Basel, Halle and Berlin (first in the Charite and later in the Artilleriestrase). Today, “Bumm's Curette” still pays tribute to the memory of this great gynecologist and scientist.

Professor Munro Kerr (1868–1960) of Glasgow and caesarean delivery

John Martin Munro Kerr was born on December 5th, 1868, the son of a Glasgow ship owner. After his education at The Glasgow Academy, he trained in medicine at the...

Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics &amp; Gynaecology, 7th Edition

Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics &amp; Gynaecology, 7th Edition

Combined Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Edited by Sir Dugald Baird, B.Sc., M.D., LL.D. (Hon.) Glasg., D.P.H., F.R.C.O.G., Regius Professor of Midwifery, University of Aberdeen. Seventh edition. 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. Pp. 976, with 489 illustrations, 28 in colour. 1962. Edinburgh: E. &amp; S. Livingstone Ltd. ×5 5s

Combined Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Edited by Sir Dugald Baird, B.Sc., M.D., LL.D. (Hon.) Glasg., D.P.H., F.R.C.O.G., Regius Professor of Midwifery, University of Aberdeen. Seventh edition. 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. Pp. 976, with 489 illustrations, 28 in colour. 1962. Edinburgh: E. &amp; S. Livingstone Ltd. ×5 5s

BOOK REVIEW

O'Connor V, Kovacs G, editors. Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health. 681 pages, illustrated. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-81893-1 hardback. Price: GBP 35.00, USD 45.00. The editors and most of the 61 other contributors to this brand-new textbook of obstetrics and gynecology come from Australia. I do not know whether this explains its novel features, but the overall impression is refreshing. Thematically, all of the traditional headlines are present, but emphasis is shifting and some new sections have been added. Whereas breast conditions in most gynecologic curricula are limited to breast feeding and mastitis, subheadings on ‘breast concerns’, ‘breast screening’, and ‘breast problems’ appear in different other chapters. In addition, there are 12 pages on breast cancer in the chapter on pre-cancer and cancer. The first part of the book is called ‘Women's health', starting with excellent advice on history taking and gynecologic examination, including examination of the pregnant uterus, not to forget the breasts. Prescription covers six pages, followed by a well-balanced discussion on the pros and contras of screening, to end with an example of how to search PubMed for evidence to help solve a given clinical problem. Ethics, minority group women (with lesbian women as one), lifestyle, body image, sexuality, abuse, and sexual assault are described in other chapters, all worthy of study. The succeeding parts follow the woman's life cycle from early (i.e. fetal, childhood, and adolescent) life through the reproductive years (including obstetrics, sexual health, subfertility, hormonal problems, and pelvic pain), the middle years (wherein menstrual problems, the menopause, pelvic floor disorders, stress urinary incontinence, pre-cancer, and cancer are covered) to the older years, where you will find osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, more on urinary incontinence and other conditions. Each part starts with a description of the normal, healthy situation (‘the well woman’) to continue with the various ailments. Legal issues pertaining to teenage sexuality are discussed with references to UK and Australian decisions and laws. Statistics are also mainly drawn from UK and Australian populations. The final part covers surgery including complications and adverse events, short notes on gender differences in disease, and some useful points for those who want to do research. There are chapter references and a list of abbreviations at the end, the latter covering four pages, and of course the alphabetical index. Layout is superb, tabulations and drawn illustrations are didactic. Colored photographs are presented collectively at the end of some of the sections. It is probably impossible to produce a volume of this size free of errors or inconsistencies. I found ‘caput succedaneum’ illustrated in drawings of skull bones on page 257, giving me the false impression that it is a moulding of the parietal bone instead of a swelling of the soft parts between bone and periosteum. For active management of the third stage of labor (page 263), the choice is between syntometrine and syntocinon, which are both brand names. Textbooks should preferably use generic product names. The proper name of syntocinon, oxytocin, is used on the following page. Syntometrine, a mixture of oxytocin and methyl ergometrine, is no longer in use in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden and may therefore confuse students from Scandinavia. In Table 8.5 on page 284, it is claimed that the incidence of post term pregnancy in Australia (>42 weeks) is 0.4%, which is hard to believe. In the same tabulation, birth weight less than the 3rd percentile and greater than the 97th percentile for gestational age are both said to be 2.5%, which defies logic, unless they use a foreign scale for comparison. Finally, one of the great pastimes of oncologists is to devise new classification systems for the various types of cancer. Whereas in olden days, we used to say dysplasia and carcinoma in situ of the cervix, the students are now burdened with the Papanicolaou/UK and the Bethesda terminologies, to which are added a special Australian category (pages 558–9), hopefully for the benefit of patients, but certainly not for students. The comments in the preceding paragraph are trifles. The overall impression is that of a timely, well-written and edited, textbook of obstetrics and gynecology, unreservedly to be recommended for students.

Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Developing Countries

Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Developing Countries

Joseph B. De Lee & his textbook, Principles and practice of obstetrics

Joseph B. De Lee & his textbook, Principles and practice of obstetrics

Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Postgraduates

Gynaecological EndoscopyVolume 5, Issue 5 p. 258-258 Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Postgraduates 5th edn. Edited by C. R. Whitefield. Published by Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1995. 814 pp. Price £89.50 First published: October 1996 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2508.1996.d01-655.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume5, Issue5October 1996Pages 258-258 RelatedInformation

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Book reviewed in this article:Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Postgraduates fifth edition., Author: Charles R Whitfield.Progress in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Volume II. Author: John Studd.The ABC of Antenatal Care. Author: Geoffrey Chamberlain.Cancer of the Cervix. Author: Hugh M Shingleton &amp; James W Orr Jr.Comprehensive Cancer Cytopathology of the Cervix Uteri. Author: Yi‐Jing Shu and Etienne Gloor.Community‐Based Distribution of Contraceptives. Author: World Health Organization Geneva 1995.Active and Pregnant‐A Guide to Exercise in the Childbearing Year. Author: Vicfit andThe Royal Women's Hospital. Pelvic Floor Re‐Education‐Principles and Practice. Author: Bernard Schussler, Jo Laycock, Peggy A. Norton Stuart L. Stanton.Osteoporosis. Author: Robert Marcus.Manual of Practical Gynaecological Oncology. Author: Basil Bloch, Katrien Debaeck and, Robbert Soeters.Automated Cervical Cancer Screening. Author. Heinz K Grohs and OA Nasseem Husain.Androgenic Disorders. Author: Geoffrey P Redmond.Manual of Diagnostic Ultrasound. Author: P.E.S. Palmer.Transvaginal Sonography in Infertility. Author: Bill Yee, Gregory F, Rosen and Denise L. Cassidenti.Transvaginal Colour Doppler. Author: T.H. Bourne, E. Jauniaux and D. Jurkovic.Clinical Applications of Doppler Ultrasound. Author: Kenneth J.W. Taylor, Peter N. Bums and Peter NT. Wells.

Book reviews

SummaryDewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Postgraduates. Fifth edition. Edited by C. R. Whitfield. 280 · 225 mm. Pp. xi + 814. 1995. Oxford, Blackwell Science. ·89.50. Hardback.Prenatal Diagnosis in Obstetric Practice. Second edition. Edited by Martin J. Whittle and J. Michael Connor. 250mm · 190mm. Pp. xii + 362. 1995. Oxford, Blackwell Scientific. ·59.50. Hardback.Sudden Death in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence. By R. W. Byard and S. D. Cohle. 250 · 190 mm. Pp. xvi + 545. 1984. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. ·60. Hardback.

Best books on obstetrics: a personal choice

\***| Essential Obstetrics and Gynaecology. E M Symonds. (pounds sterling 20.99.) Churchill Livingstone, 1992. ISBN 0-443-02207-0. ** Obstetrics by Ten Teachers. 15th edn. T Lewis, G Chamberlain. (pounds sterling 15.99.) Edward Arnold, 1990. ISBN 0-340-515650-X. ** Fundamentals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. D Llewellyn Jones. (pounds sterling 15.00.) Faber, 1990. ISBN 0-571-142273. \**\*|\* Illustrated Textbook of Obstetrics. G Chamberlain, C Gibbons, J Dewhurst. (pounds sterling 16.95.) Gower, 1989. ISBN 0-397-44580-6. * Lecture Notes on Obstetrics. 6th edn. G Chamberlain, M J Pearce. (pounds sterling 12.95.) Blackwell Scientific, 1992. ISBN 0-632-02771-1. * Student Notes on Obstetrics and Gynaecology. J Willox, J Neilson. (pounds sterling 11.50.) Churchill Livingstone, 1990. ISBN 0-443-041504. For undergraduate students there is no ideal book on obstetrics. Some of the smaller books - for example, Lecture Notes on Obstetrics, Student Notes on Obstetrics and Gynaecology - tend to issue brief lists of facts. In many medical schools the amount of time allocated to obstetrics and gynaecology together is often only a few weeks, and currently the amount of core knowledge that students have to assimilate is considerable. The emphasis for undergraduates studying obstetrics, and thus all potential medical practitioners, should be geared towards the normal rather than the abnormal, therefore including physiological adaptations to pregnancy, fetal growth and wellbeing, and normal …

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Book reviewed in this article:‘finical Caneer and How To Stop Worrying About It’. Judith Harvey, Sue Mack and Julian Woolfson.‘Treatment and Prognosis’. Obstetrics and Gynaecology.Ovarian Pathology. Editor: Franciso NogalesProgress in Obstetrics and Cynaeeology Volume 7. Editor: John Studd.Billings Atlas of the Ovulation Method. The Mucous Patterns of Fertility and Infertility. Evelyn L. Billings, John J. Billings &amp; Maurice Catarinich.Fetal Neurology. Editors: Alan Hill and Joseph J Volpé International Review of Child Neurology SeriesContraception: Science and Praciice. Edited by Marcus Filshie and John Guillebaud.Prenatal Diagnosis In Obstetric Practice. Edited by M.J. Whittle &amp; J.M. Connor.Recent Advances in the Management of Infertility. Editors: C. Chen, S.L. Tan, W.C. Cheng‘Urologiad &amp; Genital Cancer’. Editors: Oliver, Blandy &amp; Hopestone.Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding And Menomhagin. Clinical Obstetrics And Gynaecology. Bailliere Tindall.Benign Diseases of the Vnlva and Vagina. Raymond Kaufman, Edward Friedrich and Herman Gardner.Year Book of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, 1989. D. Mishell, T. Kirschbaum and C. Paul Morrow.The Mammalian Egg Coat. Edited by J. Dietl. Springer‐Verlag 1988.Biology of the Uterus. Second Edition. Edited by Ralph M. Wynn &amp; Williams P. Jollie.Contemporary Reviews in ObstetrieS &amp; GynaaOtogy: Edited by: Geoffrey Chamberlain and James Drife.Atlas of Sperm Morphology by Adelman, M.M. and Cahill, E.M.Dewburst's Textbook of Obstetrics &amp; Gynaecology for Postgraduates. 4th Edition Edited by C.R. Whitfield.Manual of Gynnetology: Thankam R. VarmaLegal Issues in Human Reproduction Edited by Sheila AMcLean

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Diagnostic Cytopathology: A Text and Colour Atlas by Chandra Grubb. Endometriosis (Contributions to Gynecology and Obstetrics Vol. 16) Proceedings of the International Meeting on Endometriosis, Clermont‐Ferrand, 1986 edited by M. A. Bruhat &amp; M. Canis. Biopsy Pathology and Cytology of the Cervix by D. V. Coleman &amp; D. M. D. Evans. Gynaecolog ical Endoscopy by Alan G. Gordon &amp; Victor B. Lewis. Medical Counselling Before Pregnancy by Dorothy Reycroft Hollingsworth &amp; Robert Resnik. Illustrated Textbook of Obstetrics edited by Geoffrey Chamberlain, Charlotte Gibbings &amp; John Dewhurst.

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Book reviewed in this article: Immunology of Gametes. Edited by M. Edidin and M. H. Johnsen. The Value of Medicine. Philip Rhodes. Combined Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Edited by J. Walker, I. MacGillivray, and M. C. Macnaughton. Human Semen and Fertility Regulation in Men. Edited by E. S. E. Hafez. Human Multiple Reproduction. I. MacGillivray, P. P. S. Nylander and G. Corney.

Combined Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

The first edition of this text was published in 1923. In this, the ninth, the editors have attempted to compile a text that will act as a reference encompassing the entire range of obstetric and gynecologic practice anywhere in the world. It was intended as a basic text for the advanced undergraduate and trainee specialist as well as the practitioner in remote areas. The authors (predominantly trained in Scotland) and the text express the beliefs and practice of the Scottish medical schools. There are 43 chapters encompassing subjects ranging from human reproduction, sexuality, sexual difficulties, and sex education, to tropical obstetrics and tropical gynecology. New chapters have been added in genetics, blood coagulation, and fibrinolysis; immunology and incompatibility; risk to mother and child; sonar and x-rays in obstetrics and gynecology; tropical obstetrics and gynecology; termination of pregnancy; sexuality; sexual difficulties; and sex education. In addition, the chapter on labor has