After the bleeding stops, the food must be most nutritious—milk, eggnog, rich soups, chicken and mutton broths, oyster stew, and beef steak as soon as she can take it. A diet of fluids and stimulating foods that raise the blood pressure will most quickly relieve the symptoms.
Fig. 100.—The knee-elbow posture. (Bumm.)
Fig. 101.—The knee-chest posture.
Eclampsia occurs in the last three months of pregnancy as a rule, and most frequently just before or during labor.
In about one sixth of the cases only, the attack may follow labor. The attack is characterized by violent convulsions, which come on with little or no warning unless the urine has been carefully watched.
Fig. 102.—The exaggerated lithotomy position obtained with a sheet sling. (American Text Book.)
