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.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    time. The consideration, therefore, of the manner in which it takes place, of the causes which give rise to it, and of the most likely means of preventing it, or of obviating those unpleasant symp- toms which accompany it, must form a subject of very great importance to the medical student. But before proceed- ing to consider these points, it will be necessary to understand the structure and formation of the ovum, which f shall, therefore, first of all explain.- Of the Formation of the Ovum. ' The human uterus, in the unimpreg- nated state, consists of a succulent sub- stance, in which we may perceive fibres