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J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs · Sep 2002
Historical ArticleThe power to terrify: eclampsia in 19th-century American practice.
- Sandra W Moss.
- St. Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. moss@rutchem.rutgers.edu
- J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2002 Sep 1;31(5):514-20.
AbstractThroughout the 19th century, eclampsia was among the most dreaded complications of pregnancy. Conflicts arose over proposed etiologies and therapeutic modalities. Bloodletting and other harsh therapies reflected the prevailing humoral, neurovascular, and toxicologic theories. The role of untrained and professional nurses in the lying-in room of an eclamptic woman emerges from the literature of the time. An appreciation of the history of eclampsia provides context for the modern obstetric nurse.
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