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uterus half an hour after expulsion of the placenta 

 these will be prevented. 



Precaution : Although pituitary extract is harmless 

 in any ordinary amount in sleep, it should not be given 

 by hypodermic to the pregnant when they are awake 

 for fear of causing tetany. [Note: Many observers 

 have remarked that the physiological action of Liquor 

 Hypophysis (U. S. P.) is directly opposed to that of 

 morphine and chloroform, and vice versa. H. R. H.] 



Addendum: In twenty cases I induced labor with 

 happy results to baby and mother by insufflating pow- 

 dered posterior pituitary substance up the nose, and 

 then holding the tip of the finger against the external 

 os for several minutes. In a few cases I found it neces- 

 sary to hook the finger over the internal os. 



