An essay on the uterine haemorrhage, which precedes the delivery of the full grown foetus : illustrated with cases / by Edward Rigby.

  • Rigby, Edward, 1747-1821.
Date:
1811
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Credit: An essay on the uterine haemorrhage, which precedes the delivery of the full grown foetus : illustrated with cases / by Edward Rigby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lity, I should still not be without the satisfaction of having, at least, mate- rially contributed to diffuse the know- ledge of an important fact, and of hav- ing established its practical utility on the unequivocal testimony of experience: for, had I seen Levret's Dissertation sooner, or had even my attention been first directed to the subject by its per- usal, ought it to have superseded ray publication ? Was the practice in this country, at that time, at all influenced by Levret's dissertation ? or has it even since been translated into the English language ? Was it, at that time, gene- rally known that the attachment of the Placenta to the Os Uteri was a frequent cause of Haemorrhage ? and were any directions for our conduct, in these cases, founded on the knowledge of this b fact,