Death from rupture of the uterus : inversion of the uterus, and expulsion of the child by gaseous putrefaction / by Alfred S. Taylor.

  • Taylor, Alfred Swaine, 1806-1880.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Death from rupture of the uterus : inversion of the uterus, and expulsion of the child by gaseous putrefaction / by Alfred S. Taylor. 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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    r. t ) i ** O# \ V. DEATH FROM RUPTURE OF THE UTERUS. INVERSION OF THE UTERUS, AND EXPULSION OF THE CHILD BY GASEOUS PUTREFACTION. By ALFRED S. TAYLOR, M.D., E.R.S. c The notes of the following singular case have been fur- nished to me by Mr. Edward Bedford and Mr. Alfred Roberts of Sydney, formerly pupils at this hospital. The inspection of the body was made by Mr. Bedford, and the report drawn up by him : On the 3rd June, 1864, by direction of the coroner, Dr. Shaw and I made a post-mortem examination of the body of a woman aged 37 years, who had died on the 27th May pre- viously, thirty-four miles from Sydney. She was at the time in labour of her seventh child, but she died undelivered. Her previous labours had been good. Two medical gentlemen had seen her during life, and after her death reports arose of want of care on the part of the first medical attendant, who was also the coroner for the district; the Attorney-General, therefore, directed the body to be exhumed, and an inquest to be held in Sydney, where the woman had been buried. From the evidence it appeared that on the 26th May she was attacked with shivering and a feeling of weakness; she then became warm. She sent for a medical man who lived close to her house. She described her symptoms to him, and stated that she was near her time, and though she had pain in her head and chest, she had no labour pains. She was in a small room with a fire, and a quantity of blankets were over her. She was directed to have the fire put out, the blankets