A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair.

  • William Smoult Playfair
Date:
1876
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Credit: A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CHAPTER VI. ABNORMAL PREGNANCY, ENCLUDING MULTIPLE PREGNANCY, SUPER-F03TA TION, EXTRA-UTERINE FCETATION, AND MISSED LABOR. PAQI Plural Births, their frequoncy; Relative frequency in different Countries; Causes, &c.—Super-foetation and Super-fecundation—Nature—Explanation —Objections to admission oi such cases—Their possibility admitted—Extra- Uterine Pregnancy—Classification—Causes—Tubal Pregnancies—Changes in the Fallopian Tubes—Condition of Uterus—Progress and Termination— Diagnosis—Treatment—Abdominal Pregnancy; Description ; Diagnosis; Treatment—Missed Labor: its Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment . . 150 CHAPTER VII. THE DISEASES OF PREGNANCY. Some only Sympathetic, others Mechanical or Complex in their origin—De- rangements of the Digestive Organs; Excessive Nausea and Vomiting; Diarrhoea; Constipation; Hemorrhoids; Ptyalism; Toothache and Caries of Teeth; Affections of Respiratory Organs; Dyspnoea, &c.—Palpitation— Syncope—Anaemia and Chlorosis—Albuminuria 173 CHAPTER VIII. THE DISEASES OF PREGNANCY (continued). Disorders of the Nervous System : Insomnia ; Headaches and Neuralgia ; Pa- ralysis; Chorea; Disorders of the Urinary Organs; Retention of Urine; Irritabilit}* of the Bladder; Incontinence of Urine; Phosphate Deposits; Leucorrhcea ; Effects of Pressure; Laceration of Veins; Displacements of the Gravid Uterus; Prolapse, Antcversion, Retroversion—Diseases co-exist- ing with Pregnancy; Eruptive Fevers ; Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Continued Fever ; Phthisis; Cardiac Disease; Syphilis; Icterus; Carcinoma; Pregnancy complicated with Ovarian and Fibroid Tumors .... 185 CHAPTER IX. PATHOLOGY OF THE DECIDUA AND OVUM Pathology of the Decidua—Hydrorrhcea Gravidarum—Pathology of the Cho- rion ; Vesicular Degeneration, Myxoma Fibrosum — Pathology of the Pla- centa: Blood Extravasations, Fatty Degeneration, &c—Pathology of the Umbilical Cord—Pathology of the Amnion, Hydramnios; Deficiency of Liquor Anmii, &c —Pathology of the Foetus: Blood Diseases transmitted through the Mother, Small-pox, Measles, and Scarlet Fever, Intermittent Fevers, Lead Poisoning, Syphilis — Inflammatory Diseases—Dropsies— Tumors—Wounds and Injuries of the Foetus—Intra-Uterine Amputations —Death of the Fcetus 200
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