First lines of the practice of midwifery: to which are added remarks on the forensic evidence requisite in cases of foeticide and infanticide / By Charles Severn.

  • Severn, Charles.
Date:
1831
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Credit: First lines of the practice of midwifery: to which are added remarks on the forensic evidence requisite in cases of foeticide and infanticide / By Charles Severn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hymen, which will have the appearance of the bag of waters, and in consequence of the abdominal enlargement, pains, and bearing down, may be mistaken for it. The length of time which this accumulation may continue with- out producing serious and alarming symptoms will very much depend on the patient's constitution; in those who are chlorotic, years may elapse before it collects in any great quantity; but in women of full habit, and where there is more copious menstruation, it soon occasions serious inconvenience and such distension of the abdomen, as to lead to a discovery of the cause from which the symptoms origi- nate. Its removal is easy, by making a crucial incision in the membrane, and in order to prevent its reuniting, a piece of sponge should be introduced, and worn till the incisions are healed. CHAP. VIII. DISEASES OF THE OVARIES. The most frequent diseases to which the ovaries are subject are inflammation, scirrhus, and dropsy; the two latter are more or less connected with the practice of midwifery, from the obstruction which an enlarged ovary may form to the passage of the head, and the possibility of its being mis- taken for pregnancy. 1. If inflamed, the same treatment is requisite as for inflammation of any other viscus. 2. Scirrhous ovary may form an impediment to delivery; by falling down between the uterus and rectum it may occasion tenesmus; but when larger than the fist, it usually rises above the brim of the pelvis, and from not being within