Loss of tone in the uterine musculature. Normally, contraction of the uterine muscles during labor compresses the blood vessels and reduces flow, thereby increasing the likelihood of coagulation and preventing hemorrhage

Essai sur quelques espèces d'inertie de la matrice, pendant la parturition : tribut académique présenté et publiquement soutenu à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 2 août 1837 / par Baud (Barthélemi-Fidèle).

On the utility of the Secale cornutum as a uterine excitant / by William Henderson.

Uterine inertia / by T.N.A. Jeffcoate.

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Uterine Inertia

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Essai sur quelques espèces d'inertie de la matrice, pendant la parturition : tribut académique présenté et publiquement soutenu à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 2 août 1837 / par Baud (Barthélemi-Fidèle).

On the utility of the Secale cornutum as a uterine excitant / by William Henderson.

Uterine inertia / by T.N.A. Jeffcoate.