On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Tanner, Thomas Hawkes, 1824-1871.
Date:
1868
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Credit: On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Section 2. Suppression of the Menses—The age of nubility—The accession of puberty in the male and female—Menstruation—The catamenial fluid and its source— Anatomy of a Graafian vesicle—The value as a symptom of suppression of the menses—Menstruation during pregnancy—Suppression of the catamenia from other causes than pregnancy—Simulated menstruation. Section 3. Nausea, Vomiting, &c.—Symptoms of only slight value—Their occurrence due to sympathetic gastric irritability—The time vi^hen they cease—Diarrhcea and salivation sometimes regarded as symptoms of pregnancy. Section 4. Mammary Sympathies—Alterations in the areola—Development of the glandular follicles—Silvery streaks—Secretion of milk. Section 5. Enlargement of the Abdomen—Position of the uterus at different periods of pregnancy—Changes in the umbilicus—The detection of the position of the fcEtus by abdominal palpation—The successful way in which some women arrange their clothes to conceal the enlargement. Section 6. Movements of the FcEtus—General considerations on the nature of embry- onic life—Quickening and its causes—Description of the motions first experienced —Movements, the effect only of the imagination. Section 7. Changes in the Uterus—The form and structure of the virgin organ— Changes which take place in the uterus after conception-—No modification in the length of the cervix—Dimensions of the uterus at the chief periods of pregnancy— Fatty degeneration of the uterus after parturition. Section 8. Ballottement or Repercussion—Three ways of practising it—Possible falla- cies—Periods of pregnancy when it may be best resorted to. Section 9. Signs derived from Auscultation—History of discovery, and modes of prac- tising auscultation—The fcetal movements—The funic pulsations and funic souffle. The uterine souffle—The foetal heart. Section 10. Minor Signs—Kiestein—Contractile power of the gravid uterus—Discolor- ation of the vagina—Examination of the blood—Temperature of the vagina— Peculiar smell of the vaginal mucus—Shape of the os uteri—Vaginal pulse—Occi- pital headache—Certain variable physical and moral changes, . Page 70-143 CHAPTER III. THE DISEASES WHICH SIMULATE PREGNANCY, 1. Spurious Pregnancy—A typical case—Difficulties in the way of diagnosis—Mode in which these cases terminate—Interesting examples of the disease—The nature of the abdominal swelling—Treatment required—The great value of chloroform— Phantom or muscular tumors, their nature, &c.—2. Ovarian Dropsy—Age at which it is most common—Duration of—Causes of—Diagnosis of small and large ovarian tumors—Sources of error in the diagnosis—Dropsy of the Fallopian tube—Acute inflammation of the ovary ending in suppuration—The coexistence of pregnancy and ovarian dropsy—3. Ascites—Diagnostic signs of—Differential diagnosis of ovarian dropsy, ascites, and pregnancy—General symptoms of ascites—The coex- istence of ascites and pregnancy—Dropsy of the amnion—Advanced pregnancy accompanied by great distension of the bladder.—4. Fibroid Tumors of the uterus —Their structure, situation, and size—Their generally benign and harmless nature— The symptoms and signs—Appearances presented by the breasts in cases of uterine enlargement from any cause—Detection of a souffle in uterine tumors—The coex- istence of pregnancy and fibroid tumors—5, Enlargements of the Liver, Kidneys,