Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
Accounts of the pulvis parturiens, a remedy for quickening child-birth.
Med. Reposit., 2 Hex., 5, 308-09. 1808.
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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