A New Sedative (Antipsychomotor) Drug Useful in Labor

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THE ideal pharmacologic agent to manage the problem of pain relief in labor has yet to be developed. It should provide complete comfort for the mother and absolute safety for the baby without any essential alteration of the course of labor. The staff at the Boston Lying-in Hospital has taken an active interest in this problem for many years. Our most successful methods of obstetric amnesia and analgesia involve the use of limited amounts of barbiturates early in labor and scopolamine. However, this therapeutic regimen in about 5 to 10 per cent of cases may be associated with an undesirable . . .

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