A case of using strychnine with weakness of labor pains and strychnine tetanus in the fetus

Abstract

Having introduced in the literature the indications that strychnine given to pregnant women during the last 6-8 weeks favorably influenced the force of labor attempts), I decided to try this remedy in women in childbirth in suitable cases. As far as I remember, in the foreign literature of this year (where I could not find it), this tool has already been used by women in labor with success. The case that I am describing is so interesting in some relations that I allow myself to present it in a somewhat detailed exposition earlier, so that I have accumulated sufficient material to judge the merits of this tool. My case is next