Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners.

  • Conquest, Dr.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    c 2. Decidua vera passing into right Fallopian tube. e. Point of the reflection of tlie decidua reflexa. g. Allantois. A. Umbilical vesicle. Amnion, /c Chorion. d. Cavity of the decidua. /. Decidua serotina or placental decidua. cc. Deci- dua vera. The preceding diagram, after Wagner, exhibits an ovum and its membranes in the third and fourth months. — J. M. W.] PECULIARITIES OF THE FCETUS. The kidneys, capsulm venules, and liver are dispro- portionably large; the lungs are nearly black, col- lapsed, and of greater specific gravity than water, because they have not been distended by air. Until the seventh month the pupil is occupied by a highly vascular membrane, termed membrana pxipillaris; in the anterior mediastinum there is the thymus gland,