Observations on abortion : containing an account of the manner in which it is accomplished, the causes which produced it, and the method of preventing or treating it / by John Burns.

  • Burns, John, 1774-1850.
Date:
1806
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Credit: Observations on abortion : containing an account of the manner in which it is accomplished, the causes which produced it, and the method of preventing or treating it / by John Burns. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    reach the uterus, it will be received amongst the primary vessels which will surround it, whilst the secondary ves- sels, or decidua interna, will lie before it, and prevent any communication be- twixt it and the uterine cavity. But it cannot remain long thus; for, in propor- tion as the vesicular part of the ovum increases, it will push the decidua in- terna before it, and encroach upon the cavity of the uterus. This circumstance, together with the intimate connection formed betwixt the vessels of the cho- rion and those of the decidua, with the consequent production of a placenta, I have already very fully detailed in a for- mer publication, to which I refer *. * Vide Anatomy of the gravid uterus, with prec- tLcal inferences relative to pregnancy and labour.