Twilight sleep faces medical doubt over insanity risk
New York May 8 8 R Franklin A Dormann and Dr George F Shears report at Blackwell's Island hospital that twilight sleep for childbirth has drawbacks. They cite cases where mothers became excited or insane, disputes over causation, and note lasting after effects. Bellevue expert Menas S Gregory observes several women developed mental trouble linked to the treatment, though some recover quickly. Lebanon Hospital physician Dr Ralph Waldo comments on restricts.
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New York
R. Franklin A. Dormann
George F. Shears
City Hospital
Blackwell's Island
Enitabirth
Menas S Gregory
Allenist
Bellevue Hospital
Lebanon
Ralph Waldo
Lebanon Hospital
Bronx
Widow Stands Firm in New Mexico Farm Feud Over Water Rights
Omaha widow Bertha Green Connell defies threats and ambush in Tularosa NM where her husband Ralph Connell was killed amid a 49 year feud between cattlemen and farmers over irrigation water from Tularosa Creek. Conflicts trace to 1866 with figures like Filly the Kid said to back cattlemen. rumors have harmed her reputation as she fights to protect her home and children.
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Omaha
Bertha Green Connell
Ralph Connell
Tularosa
N. Mex
Connell
W. J. Connell
Nebraska
New Mexico
Tularosa Canyon
Tularosa Creek
Tularoga
Filly the Kid
Southwest
Cattiaman
Georgetown and Boston College Debate Tonight at Gaston Hall
Georgetown and Boston College meet tonight in Gaston Hall, Cargetown College, debating a policy to boost a merchant fleet with stock subscriptions. Georgetown party, led by William J. Cullinan Rufus Lusk and W W St John Garwood, opposes the proposition, while Boston College seeks the affirmative.
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Georgetown
Boston College
Gaston Hall
Cargetown College
Roston Uaa
William J. Cullinan
D.C
Rufus
Lusk
Lb. c
Jono Garwood
Texas
Twilight sleep judged unsafe for mother and child
Medical figures criticize twilight sleep for childbirth noting unconsciousness lasts 12 to 24 hours and carries real danger to the newborn. Dr. Shears cites risks of opiate transfer and blue babies, while Harlem and Polyclinic doctors report reduced drug doses cut blue baby rates but dissent remains about its use.
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G. P. Shears
Cleveland Doctors Debate Twilight Sleep Controversy
Cleveland physicians are split over twilight sleep with Freiburg trained doctors urging use while St. Luke's Hospital rejects it citing safety. City Hospital holds the practice in abeyance under Chief Surgeon Differ, and Dr. Brudno reports success in 24 cases, noting no fatalities and arguing it humane.
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Iewsiffer
Jamann
Arthur H. B
Howell Wright
EB. M. Brudno
East One Hundred and Second Street
Ita
Dr. Brudno
Berlin
Vienna
Prague
New York Maternity Hospital
Regard New Treatment as Failure in Twilight Sleep
Dr. Richard Norris, Philadelphia medical authority, told the Northwest Branch of the Philadelphia County Medical Society last night that the serum used to induce twilight sleep for childbirth is a failure as a practical anaesthetic. He said it is dangerous for general use and often slows the process by three to six hours while patients moan in semi consciousness.
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Richara Norris
Philadelphia
Northwest
Philadelphia County Medical Society
Norris
Johns Hopkins Reports Twilight Sleep Method Trials
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore reports experiments with the twilight sleep method have been conducted by Assistant Superintendent Dr Karl Van Norman. The natural methods are discarded and no blue baby troubles have been found, with the Baltimore hospital noting limited satisfaction from the twilight sleep approach.
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Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Trou- Karl van Norman
Surgeon Warns on Twilight Sleep Drug Dangers
In San Francisco on May 8 Bruce Foukes chief physician at St Francis Hospital warned that the poisonous action of the drugs used in twilight sleep is terrible. He said permanent injury can follow unless the patient’s constitution expels the effects and condemned the method.
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San Francisco
Bruce Wb. Foukes
St. Francis Hospital
San Francisco Medical Profession Turns From Twilight Sleep
Dr C V Cress says twilight sleep is held in disrepute in the San Francisco medical profession due to inability to control drug effects. He asserts the field has largely abandoned the method.
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San Francisco
C. V. Cress
United States
Army
Twilight sleep not adopted at University of Minnesota
May reports from Minneapolis indicate twilight sleep has not been adopted locally. At the University of Minnesota Hospital it was used only for demonstration and under strict supervision. The treatment is deemed too dangerous for general practice, though each cafe at the hospital has seen success.
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Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota Hospital
University Hospital
Abandonment of twilight sleep urged by Dr Meade in Cincinnati
Dr J D Meade of the Home of the Friendless states twilight sleep was tried and abandoned as unnecessary except when a physician must be constantly present. He warns against relying on nurses, notes morphia as the main remedy, and cautions that long births with constant use risk bad outcomes for mother and child.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
J. D. Meade
Home of the Friendless
Twilight sleep used only in private and selected cases
At maternity hospitals twilight sleep is used only in private and selected cases. Public health officials say the method has not been officially adopted but much propaganda is viewed as unprofessional.
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the Public Health Service
Twilight sleep used at city hospital in select cases
In St Louis on May 8 reported that twilight sleep has been used sparingly at the city hospital. Superintendent and agent Chapman said it is not for universal use but employed in certain cases with visiting physicians approving. Four cases at the city hospital have involved the method with reported success.
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St. Louis
City Hospital
Chapman
Twilight Sleep Advocate Emmet Seeks Fourth Trial at Childbirth
Mrs Emmet of New York a descendant of John Jacob Astor and Twilight Sleep Association leader says doctors debate has not shaken her faith. She plans to undergo the sleep in America next, aiming to found a twilight sleep hospital in New York while summering in the Adirondacks. Three Emmet children already born by twilight sleep in Freiburg join five others by traditional birth.
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New York
Temple Emmet
John Jacob Astor
America
Smithton Harbor
Long Island
Pauls
Emmet
Jane Erin
Winthrop
William
Freiburg
Germany
Twilight Sleep Association
New York Society
Twilight Sleep
Rafuas
Elmirch
England
Twilight sleep debate spans babies and mothers
Practitioners argue drugs have an effect on babies and call for twilight sleep use only in carefully selected cases. Dr K H Schlessing notes 500 cases in U S hospitals deem the method safe with proper technique, while cautioning against wrong dosage or unsuitable patients. He cites longer labor, not increased mortality, and acknowledges blue babies linked to specific drugs but recoverable.
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U.S
Faith
K. H. Schlessing
Freiburg
Germany
Navy War Game Plans Told By Admiral Fletcher
Admiral Fletcher leads a coast defense exercise for the Atlantic fleet as war games run from New York to Maine. The Navy War College at Newport and the naval general board plan the larger scale simulation with Battle Reds facing Blues under Rear Admiral Beatty and an umpire from the War College.
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Admiral Fletcher
Atlantic Fleet
New York Harbor
Wilson
Navy War Collage
Newport
Naval General Board
Caps Hatteras
Hagtport
Beatty
Cheater
San Francisco
Rear Admiral
Knight
The
War College
Twilight sleep touted by New York society women
Special to The Washington Post New York May 6 Twilight sleep Freiburg method of painless childbirth was defended before about 300 society women as a remedy for childbearing and a curb on race suicide Two blue ribbon twilight babes Peter Boyd and James Stewart were shown as proof against the claim that the drug harms infants and ads for a twilight sleep institution in the city were discussed.
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Blue Ribbon
New York
Washington Post
Peter Boyd
James Stewart
Mrs Coe Denies Extravagance After Wedding
Mrs Henry Coe tells reporters she spent little since marrying Hal Coe Jr and would move to Alaska to join him if needed. She asserts his statements about excessive living costs are untrue and that they shared modest means despite a recent marriage.
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Alaska
June
Hal
Dr. Coe
Greek Ex Premier Venizelos Recalled From Cairo
A Rome dispatch says former Greek premier Venizelos, now in Cairo, has been recalled to Athens as events press. He quit with King Constantine over Greece entering the war with the Allies and exiled himself after a dispute over veracity, vowing to return only after vindication.
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Paria
Rome
Venizelos
Greece
Cairo
Athens
M. Venizelos
Constantine
Alltes
War Babies and Mothers in Europe Debate Virtue Over Victory
A wartime column asks how to care for war babies and their mothers across Europe. It rails against legitimizing illegitimate children, urging preservation of family, home, and virtue as civilization’s core amid postwar upheaval.
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London
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Tan
Ashe
Mary
Advance Bryan's Peace Plan and Commissioners Named
United States and other powers name commissioners under the peace treaties. Secretary Bryan announced after a long conference with President Wilson and discussions with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice about the Investigating commission.
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United States
Bryan
Wilson
Cecil Spring-Rice
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