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Accounts of the pulvis parturiens, a remedy for quickening child-birth.

Publication Details

Med. Reposit., 2 Hex., 5, 308-09. 1808 CE.

The first use of ergot in the induction of labor in America. Reprinted in H. Thoms: Classic Contributions to Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1935, pp. 21-23.

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Obstetrics & Reproductive
Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Thematic Classifications

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Ergot

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