A practical handbook of midwifery / by Francis W. Nicol Haultain.

  • Haultain, Francis W. N. (Francis William Nicol)
Date:
1894
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Credit: A practical handbook of midwifery / by Francis W. Nicol Haultain. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    d. Dilatation of os internum. e. Enlargement and softness of uterus. 2. After a week or more. a. History of ammenorrhcea. b. History of profuse bleeding with pain, and perhaps expulsion of clots, fleshy lumps, etc. c. Persistence of bleeding. d. Enlargement and softness of uterus. e. Occasional foetid discharge and high temperature. The above symptoms of haemorrhage and pains are sometimes closely simulated by a uterine polypus, but the previous ammen- orrhcea is in these cases always absent. If the pre-existing ammenorrhcea be of short duration, such cases are generally con- sidered to be merely delayed menstrual ' periods, and abortion is often over- looked. A missed abortion is the term applied to these cases in which death of the ovum takes place, but expulsion is delayed for a con- siderable period (perhaps a year). When cast off, the ovum appears shrivelled and of a brown colour. Before expulsion its diagnosis is difficult, but may be conjec- tured, from 1. History of pregnancy in which all the symptoms except the am- menorrhcea pass off; thus the bi-easts, previously big, become