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Twilight sleep

noun

A state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine.

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"Twilight sleep" Quotes from Famous Books

... being very healthy to have babies when you're between the ages of twenty and thirty; and how with this twilight sleep business she doesn't mind how often; that it's fifty times more interesting than breeding dogs and cats or guinea-pigs; and she's surprised more single women don't take it up. I think she must be detraquee.... I have a faint hope that ...

— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston

... modern development, by which the pangs of childbirth are obviated by the administration of drugs or by hypnotic suggestion, has its opponents and defenders. The advantage of a painless childbirth, upon which the mother can look back as on a dream, is evident. The "Twilight Sleep" process has been used with the happiest results both for parent and child. Opponents of this system declare that the use of powerful drugs may injure the child. A method commended is the administration of a mixture of laughing gas and oxygen, which relieves ...

— Sex - Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English • Henry Stanton