The history of a case of a foetus found in the right ovarium / by Dr Forrestier.

  • Forrestier, Dr.
Date:
1798
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Credit: The history of a case of a foetus found in the right ovarium / by Dr Forrestier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    VUL Ths Hi/lory of the Cafe of a Foetus found in the Right Ovarium., By Dr For re [tier, Cheva- lier of the Order of the King of France, Phy- fcian to bis Army in North America, and Firft Phyjician to his Royal Highnefs Mon- feur. I Was called on the 18th of March 1784, to fee the wife of a porter who had been troubled with colic pains from the month of November preceding. I found her confiderably emaciated, with a feverifh, fmall, and hard pulfe, frequent retchings without effedt, and a continual tenef- mus. She told me fhe had not menftrua- ted fince the month of September laft ; that at that period fhe fell much in the fame way fhe had done formerly in four prece- ding pregnancies, which had all terminated happily; that for the two firft months of this, fhe had enjoyed perfedt health, but upon a journey to Fontaine-Bleau, where fhe had bufinefs,