Lecture notes on obstetrics and gynaecology by Dr Stephenson and taken down by John Stuart Lecture notes on obstetrics and gynaecology by Dr Stephenson and taken down by John Stuart, 31 October 1892 - 3 March 1893. Starts with: Lecture 10: Changes in the Uterus, continued. Lecture 11: Early in Pregnancy there is an enlargement of the abdomen before it is traceable to uterine swelling ... (p.5) Lecture 12: It is not a definite period. Why does it occur about the ninth month? ... (p.10) Lecture 13: Sutures and Fontenelles (p.15) Lecture 14: The Phenomena of Labour (p.21) Lecture 15: 'The two segments of the uterus are separated from each other by a thick ridge ... (p.27) Lecture 16: The Second Stage of Labour (p.30) Lecture 17: The Movements during the First Part of Labour (p.34) Lecture 18: 'At what part of the pelvis is the pressure exerted?' (p.38) Lecture 19: 'The forehead passes over the ischio-sacral ligament ...' (p.42) Lecture 20: Diagnosis of obstetric positions (p.45) Lecture 21: The Second Position (p.49) Lecture 22: Delivery of the Body (p.53) Lecture 23: 'Retraction is the condition of the uterus after it has contracted ...' (p.58) Lecture 24: 'Observe the character of the pains ...' (p.64) Lecture 25: 'The team supporting the perineum ...' (p.69) Lecture 26: 'When the greater part of the placenta is in the vagina ...' (p.73) Lecture 27: The Puerperal Period (p.79) Lecture 28: 'It is important to sponge the parietes ...' (p.84) Lecture 29: Asphynia of th New Born Child (p.90) Lecture 30: Enlargement of the mammae (p.97) Lecture 31: The Administration of Chloroform in Labour (p.102) Lecture 32: Causes of Delay in the First Stage (p.107) Lecture 33: Digital dilation of the uterus (p.113) Lecture 34: 'This relates to the position of the head ...' (p.117) Lecture 35: Multiple Pregnancy (p.123) Lecture 36: Management of Breech Presentation (p.129) Lecture 37: 'If the arms are extruded over the head ... ' (p.133) Lecture 38: 'The operation of turning ...' (p.138) Lecture 39: Disturbances during Pregnancy (p.141) Lecture 40: 'The symptoms are present before we find the Albuminuria ...' (p.147) Lecture 41: The Alleviance of Zymotic Diseases (p.153) Lecture 42: 'Place the patient in the semi-prone position for the operation (p.156) Lecture 43: 'I Rest in the Recumbent Position; II Treat the Bowel; III Give opium' (p.161) Lecture 44: 'Women often get over abortion time after time without complications ...' (p.166) Lecture 45: Haemorrhage (p.172) Lecture 46: 'We have thrombosis of the maternal sinuses as well as of the placenta ...' (p.178) Lecture 47: Post partum haemorrhage (p.182) Lecture 48: 'A clot of blood may act like the placenta ...' (p.187) Lecture 49: 'Vigorous friction of the abdomen ...' (p.192) Lecture 50: Puerperal eclampsia (p.198) Lecture 51: Conditions that modify delivery (p.204) Lecture 52: 'In the case of the normal pelvis ...' (p.209) Lecture 53: 'Certain "shears" or marks of pressure on the head ...' (p.214) (photographs inserted) Lecture 54: 'One might deliver a viable child with a congregate diameter of 2 1/2 inches ...' (p.220) Lecture 55: 'The forceps should not be too heavy ...' (p.226) Lecture 56: Introduction of the forceps (p.230) Lecture 57: Special cases in which the forceps has to be applied (p.236) Lecture 58: 'In contraction of the pelvis at the brim ...' (p.241) Lecture 59: 'Preliminary changes set in before labour ...' (p.246) Lecture 60: Cases in which the foetal head is big, and in which the pelvis is normal (p.252) Lecture 61: Locked twins (p.259) Lecture 62: Puerperal fever (p.266) Lecture 63: Puerperal fever (p.272) Lecture 64: Antiseptic infections to the uterus (p.280) Lecture 65: Pelvic peritonitis (p.286) Lecture 66: Dietetics of Children (p.292) Lecture 67: Vaccination (p.300) Repaginated after p.308 Diseases of Women Lecture 1: Menstruation (p.1) Lecture 2: Clinical aspects of menstruation (p.3) Lecture 3: 'We should regard these as causes of derangement of the menstrual function ...' (p.9 Lecture 4: Relation of menstruation and chlorosis (p.14) Lecture 5: 'Menstrual Pu[....]ing is simply a symptom of constitutional derangement ...' (p.17) Lecture 6: Potassium Permanganas (p.23) Lecture 7: 'The belief was almost universal for a time that dismenorrhoea was the result of obstruction ...' (p.28) Lecture 8: Dilation of the os uteri (p.33) Lecture 9: How to perform an examination of the pelvis and abdomen externally (p.39) Lecture 10: Gynaecology (p.45) Lecture 11: 'A good light is required by a candle held a little behind the examiner's head ...' (p.51) Lecture 12: 'Flexion and version of the uterus ...' (p.56), with two cuttings inserted on pessaries Lecture 13: Why is Hodge's [pessary] the best shape? (p.60) Lecture 14: Brank's Pessary - one wih two wings ... (p.65) Lecture 15: Vaginal examination (p.71) Lecture 16: Organic changes in the uterus giving rise to Menorrhagia and Meteorrhagia (p.77) Index Note on terms 'acquired character' and 'inborn trait' Some small diagrams in coloured ink. Glued into front papers: Advertisement for Pond's Tampons; typed note regarding the drugs involved; black and white photograph of woman, cut from an Anglophone medical journal, with caption 'Dermatitis Herpetiformis (Hydroa Gestatonis)'; drawing (printed) of elegant lady in nightgown. Glued into endpapers: Letter to Dr. Stuart from William Stephenson, 3, Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen, thanking him for a foetal specimen, 29 January 1901. 31 October 1892 - 3 March 1893, 1901