V.S. Gruzdev. Maize smut (Ustilago maydis), as a means of enhancing labor contractions of the uterus. (Doctor, 1894, No. 19)

The weakness of pushing, which is encountered so often in the practical activity of obstetricians and leading not very often to serious surgical intervention, which does not always end happily for the mother and the baby, made the more innocent people look for ways to fight it, than the operation. All currently available means of enhancing labor pains are not always effective, therefore it is completely understandable and desirable to search for new more effective means. The author, wanting to try any of the newly proposed remedies with the weakness of the labor pains, settled on a corn smut.