Case of uterine haemorrhage, where the placenta was expelled four hours before the birth of the child / by John Chapman ; communicated by Dr Pearson.

  • Chapman, John.
Date:
1799
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Credit: Case of uterine haemorrhage, where the placenta was expelled four hours before the birth of the child / by John Chapman ; communicated by Dr Pearson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tind. opii, to take off this preternatural adion of the uterus. I objeded to it, as we could not fay, Go fo far, and no farther; and if it fhould fo far take off the adion of the uterus, and the haemorrhage return, we fhould moft probably lofe our patient. However, I con- fented to twelve drops only being given. In a very fhort time, fhe became eafy and com- fortable. In lefs than half an hour, the na- tural pains returned; fo that fix or feven pains expelled the child entirely by the ef- forts of the mother, the head and arm pre- fenting. Nothing remarkable happened in her recovery, except in about ten days, fhe fuffered triflingly from the fwelled leg, (which has been fo well defcribed by Mr White). I muft deviate from my fubjed, to obferve, that it is the opinion of fome very refpedable men, that this never affeds the fame patient more than once; but this woman had the fame affedion of the leg in her firft labour. REMARKS. lft, What I wifh to call the attention to in the above cafe is, that, notwithftanding the - placenta was nearly three hours from the firft protrufion v .t * •