AMNESIA DURING PARTURITION

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Abstract
The need for some form of relief of pain during parturition is admitted by most obstetricians and desired by all women in labor. The abundance and variety of methods and agents described in the medical literature in an attempt to accomplish such an end serve only to stress the need for improvement. It is admitted from the start that the method to be described is not a panacea. However, in the hands of my associates and me it has been proved to be efficacious, simple and safe for both the mother and the fetus. The combination of pentobarbital sodium and scopolamine hydrobromide as agents for the production of amnesia during the first and second stages of parturition has well proved its value.1 However, practically all experiences with these agents in the past have been with the oral or rectal administration of the pentobarbital sodium and the hypodermic administration of the

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