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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    and to the sudden removal of the pressure of that organ from the iliac vessels, In consequence of which the blood descends, and a temporary exhaustion of the vessels of the brain follows: therefore it is that women often faint on this occurrence taking place. It usually occurs at a week or a fortnight beyond the fourth calendar month, or a little beyond the nineteenth week, and presents demonstrative evi- dence of utero-gestation; and, although the move- ments of intestinal gas are sometimes mistaken for it by women themselves, yet a medical man can hardly be imposed upon. Enlargement of the abdomen is not alone to be : relied on, because it may result from diseased ab- I dominal viscera, or from an accumulation of fluid in : its cavity. The gravid uterus rises in the abdomen in a ratio ( corresponding with the advance of pregnancy. Where !the parietes of the abdomen are thin, it may be felt at the end of the third month, just at the brim of the {pelvi,s. [For a short time, however, previous to the third I month, the hypogastric region h flattened to a slight e extent, owing to a falling backwards of the womb [previous to its ascent. This symptom is of short duration, and is sometimes disguised by flatulency —J. M. W.] At the close of the fourth month it rises above t.the brim. During the flfth month it is about midway bo-