Dr Peter Brownridge This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Epidurals - When They Fail

   www.birthsource.com/scripts/ar - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/9/2001   Last Visited: 10/29/2006

   (Dr Peter Brownridge, Formerly Director of Obstetric Anaesthesia, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide.)
   
   Laboring women may also complain that the epidural did not give complete relief, that is, it is complete in some parts of her body below the breast line and she may still have feeling in parts of her abdomen or legs.

2. 2. ‘Pain Relief and Anaesthesia in Childbirth

   www.manbit.com/obstetspain/pbb - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/2/1997   Last Visited: 12/16/2007

   Dr Peter Brownridge Formerly Director of Obstetric Anaesthesia, Flinders Medical Centre,
   ...
   This website includes extracts from Dr Brownridge's acclaimed book on childbirth.

3. 3. ANZCA - Media Releases

   www.anzca.edu.au/infocentres/m - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/5/1998   Last Visited: 9/14/2005

   Look at the context of this development: Dr. Peter Brownridge, until 1996 the Director of Obstetric Anaesthesia at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide says: "It is easy to forget the appalling mortality, morbidity and misery associated with childbirth in those days. (Obstetricians were called "Belly-Rippers" by the rest of the profession!)" Labour lasting for days was common.
   
   Yet, there was significant objection, criticism and rejection of analgesia - "opponents believed that pain was necessary to determine the progress of labour; to diagnose obstetric complications and to allow the body to respond to haemorrhagic shock." (Ibid). Blood loss was particularly feared because there were no blood transfusions.
   
   Dr. Brownridge quotes the comments of two physicians of the time: