Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
An inquiry into the nature and cause of that swelling, in one or both of the lower extremeties, which sometimes happens to lying-in-women.
Warrington, England: printed by W. Eyres, for C. Dilly in the Poultry London, 1784.
First clinical description of phlegmasia alba dolens. White ascribed it to destruction of the lymphatics due to pressure of the foetal head.
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| Entry Number | #6271 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/7982 |
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| External URL | an-inquiry-into-the-nature-and-cause-of-that-swelling-in-one-or-both-of-the-lower-extremeties-which-sometimes-happens-to-lyinginwomen |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Warrington, England