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Last week Elizabeth Smith's account of her labor and infanticide sounded true to a psychiatrist and an obstetrician, who appeared in court to support the defense's contention that the girl: 1) could have had a baby under the extraordinary circumstances she described and 2) would scarcely have known what she was doing for 18 hours afterward. A murder trial jury of twelve men, however, could not quite believe the whole of Elizabeth's tale. If she had not intended to have her child die, why had she not prepared a layette of some sort? Largely...
...Columbus, Ohio, last month Mrs. Leonard Loomis, 21, was about to have a baby. Her obstetrician, Dr. Abe Herbert Kanter, took Mrs. Loomis' left hand, held it palm down over her head while he softly intoned: "You are going to sleep now. You are so tired, so very, very tired. Just relax. Your arms and legs are relaxing. They are so heavy. Just relax, relax. You are so sleepy, so sleepy, so very, very sleepy. . . . When I count three you will be asleep. . . . One, two, three...
When the emotions of the obstetricians subsided for a moment, Chicago's Dr. Joseph Bolivar DeLee, generally rated the best obstetrician in the U. S., reverted to Dr. Nielsen's point that the pains of childbirth are largely psychological. Said sage Dr. DeLee, a bachelor who has brought some 8,000 into the world with his own hands and supervised the deliveries of 100,000 more: "It is not illogical to assume that the conditions of the mind affect the muscles active in childbirth. The best and safest aid to mothers will come when the obstetrician learns...
...narcosis is still a perfectly reasonable, safe and feasible obstetric help, provided the doctor knows how and when to administer the necessary drugs; 2) Most doctors are ignorant of the uses and possible after-effects of childbed analgesics. Dr. Joseph Bolivar DeLee, 66, ranks as No. 1 U. S. obstetrician because he founded Chicago's great Lying-in Hospital, helped make obstetrics a learned and respected profession, demonstrated methods to prevent women from dying in childbirth...
...check for $55,000 during a money-raising campaign. The Hospital is now affiliated with the University of Chicago. Dr. DeLee's dream is to have associated hospitals affiliated with Chicago's other great medical schools, Northwestern and Illinois, with Dr. Joseph Bolivar DeLee grand chief obstetrician for all Chicago...