On visceral hæmorrhages in stillborn children : an analysis of 130 autopsies being a contribution to the study of the causation of stillbirth / by Herbert R. Spencer.

  • Spencer, Herbert R. (Herbert Ritchie), 1860-1941
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[1892]
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Credit: On visceral hæmorrhages in stillborn children : an analysis of 130 autopsies being a contribution to the study of the causation of stillbirth / by Herbert R. Spencer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART I.—Abstract of Cases. The following abbreviations are used:—Version = podalic version; hge.= haemorrhage; cgn. = congestion; cgd. = congested; E. = right; L. = left; R.L. = right and left; M. = male; F. = female. Case 1.—F., 5 lbs. 9 oz.—Breech presentation ; tardy delivery ; much traction iised ; heart heating when born ; insufflated ; never spontaneously breathed. Conjunctiva cgd., especially L. side. Liver much cgd., black-red. Kidneys much cgd., especially at bases of pyramids, on the R. side more than the L., which shows what appear to be small hges. at bases of pyramids. Case 2.—M., 5 lbs.—A twin ; transverse presentation j version ; much traction; lived four days; was cold and blue till death from pneumonia, (?) caused by hge. into lungs. Sto7nach contains blood (? from lungs). R. leg much bruised (traction) ; hge. into the subcutaneous tissue ; the deep veins of the leg normal ; the leg was cold and almost black during life. Lungs large, heavy, deeply marked by ribs, solid at both bases, where they are black ; at apices dark brown-red, less solid than at bases ; frothy fluid exudes on squeezing. Pleurse contain slight excess of fluid ; pulmonary pleura opaque in patches. Case 3.—M., 8 lbs., 22 in.—Multipara ; first vertex presentation; prolapse of cord; labour lasted fourteen hours ; forceps applied three times ; child dead ten hours before the last application. Head shows abrasions and bruises in several places on R. side. Hge. into coronal suture. Liver has hge. on upper surface of L. lobe beneath capsule. R. supra-renal cgd. Lungs, hge. (subpleural) R.L. Testicles cgd. Brain, hge. around base.