Case of tuberian gestation : with rupture of the cyst containing the embryo, and fatal hemorrhage into the peritoneum / by R.M. Glover.

  • Glover, Robert Mortimer, 1816-1859.
Date:
[1842?]
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Credit: Case of tuberian gestation : with rupture of the cyst containing the embryo, and fatal hemorrhage into the peritoneum / by R.M. Glover. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE OF TUBARIAN GESTATION, WITH ! RUPTURE OF THE CYST CONTAINING THE EMBRYO, AND FATAL HEMORRHAGE INTO THE PERITONEUM. By R. M. glover, M.D. Edin., NEWCASTLE-ON-TINE. (Extracted from the Land, and Edw. Monthly Jour, of Med. Science for Apj-il \H2.f The subject of this case was aged 39, of stout habit of body; -•she had been married for the second time for three months. ; Since her man-iage she had not menstruated, though previously \ her menstruation was regular. During her first marriage she had ; three miscarriages, but never bore a viable child. On the 30th of November last, she was seen by Mr Dixon of ' Gateshead; she then complained of bearing-down pains in the ! back and abdomen, especially in the former seat, with slight i bloody discharge from the vagina. On examination per vagi- I nam, the lips of the uterus were found rather tumefied, but close. The pulse was little affected, and the tongue clean. A gentle ■ aperient and an anodyne draught were prescribed. The bowels were in consequence gently opened, and the pains ceased. Next day about the same time, i. e., in the afternoon, she had ; a similar attack, when the same treatment was renewed with ' equal success. This time, a few fibrinous shreds were passed along with the bloody discharge. The bloody discharge was very slight, and the shreds, as described, lightly pressed together, would not make up the size of a small nut. On the morning of the 2d of December, the patient appeared well, and got up to cook dinner for the household; this was be- fore noon. A sense of uneasiness caused her to go to bed about noon. About 3 p.m. she was suddenly attacked with severe, nay, excruciating pain in the lower part of the abdomen. She was then alone in the house, and her shrieks were unattended to for half an hour, when she succeeded in procuring assistance, and Mr Dixon was again sent for. At 4 P.M. he found his patient in a state of collapse; her ex- I tremities cold; rigors; the pain in the bowels continuing; the lower part of the abdomen excessively painful on pressure. The