An exposition of the signs and symptoms of pregnancy : the period of human gestation, and the signs of delivery / by W. F. Montgomery.

  • Montgomery, W. F. (William Fetherston Haugh), 1797-1859.
Date:
1837
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An exposition of the signs and symptoms of pregnancy : the period of human gestation, and the signs of delivery / by W. F. Montgomery. 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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    XIV DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES, PLATE II. The Areola in the fourth month of pregnancy. Was drawn five weeks after No. I., or sixteen and a half weeks after conception. The progress of the changes is very obvious and beautifully shewn by the artist. The diameter is now extended to an inch and three-fourths, and that of the nipple, to half an inch ; a larger number of glandular follicles are developed over its surface which appears turgid and some- what raised above the level of the surrounding integuments, having a fine mossy appearance; it now began to be moist. The colour has assumed a somewhat more decided brownish shade, and that of the nipple is also deeper and more of a dusky hue than before. The venous trunks around are, both larger, and send off a greater number of branches towards and into the areola. As yet, the surrounding skin does not exhibit any change in its appearance.