A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the results of 16,654 births occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years commencing November 1826 / by Robert Collins.

  • Collins, Robert, 1801-1868.
Date:
1835
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Credit: A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the results of 16,654 births occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years commencing November 1826 / by Robert Collins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    appendage to the intestine; but was by others thought to resemble very much in shape and appearance the gall-bladder of an infant. This appendage was adhering most firmly to a sub- stance very similar to clotted blood, but more dense, requiring much care in its separation. Wlien separated, it was cautiously returned into the abdo- men ; during the operation a considerable quantity of intestine protruded, which was carefully replaced. The child died in 15 hours. On dissection, the substance before mentioned, proved to be the gall-bladder, and an appendage from one of the small intestines was found included in the ligature. Would this child have had a better chance of life if left as before the operation ? I am of opinion it w'ould, if w^e could suppose that the covering of the * tumour, which w'as formed by the dilatation of the funis, would not slough ; this wmuld most likely have taken place, and it was on this account that it was thought best to return it into the abdomen. The bowels were once opened after the opera- tion ; they had been quite regular and easily affected by medicine before it. No. 161.—This child was quite livid, arn^ the circulation very imperfect from its birth ; it died on the 2d day. No. 201.—This child had spina bifida; it died on the day following its birth.