Historical memories: the puerperal care in past centuries.

Abstract

At present, the scientific knowledge is changing so rapidly that, every five years preceding obsolete. Midwifery is no stranger to these changes. The concepts we had about some topics, just over twenty years ago to leave medical school, are different today. A simple example concerns the management of postpartum women, both those who have had vaginal childbirth as those that have undergone surgery. A few years ago, our new mothers of normal birth, remained hospitalized more than three days; fifth day after the three candidates to withdraw yarn points which tears or episiorrafias sutured; the speakers had a cesarean section did not rise until the second or third day; They are receiving antibiotics almost 100% of cases and were not given high until the seventh or eighth day after the removal of stitches.