Volume 2

Observations on abortion. Containing an account of the manner in which it takes place, the causes which produce it, and the method of preventing or treating it / By John Burns.

  • Burns, John, 1774-1850
Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on abortion. Containing an account of the manner in which it takes place, the causes which produce it, and the method of preventing or treating it / By John Burns. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The vessels as they enlarge tend to the uterine cavity, but instead of opening there, and yielding a fluid as in men-— struation, they either elongate them- selves, or which is more probable, form new and very delicate vessels which project from the inner surface of the uterus, giving it an appearance as if covered with down. This takes place first at the orifice of the fallopian tube, and then extends to the: fundus, whilst the body remains quite smooth. These vessels project for about a line in length at right angles, ‘from the surface which yields them, and as they consist of ar- teries and veins, the down or efflores- cence which they form, has, after death a striated appearance ; the empty arteries being white, the fuller veins red or black. These vessels constitute the outer Jayer of the decidua, which may