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Bell, and recommend pituitrin in post-partum haemorrhage. 

 Other observers now recommend the use of the drug in labour. 



Bell strongly recommends " infundibulin '" in cases of 

 sluggish intestinal peristalsis and paralytic distension of the 

 intestines. 



It is probable, also, that the diuretic effect of pituitary 

 extracts may be of clinical value. The value of subcutaneous 

 injections of pituitary extracts in diabetes insipidus has 

 already been noted. 



