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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    Should every other means fail, there can be no ob- jection to puncturing the fundus of the uterus, through the vagina, with a trocar, in order to give exit to the liquor amnii, and thus diminish the size of the womb. Sometimes, however, the ovum can be reached and destroyed by an instrument introduced through the OS uteri.—J. M. W.] ABORTION. The separation and expulsion of the ovum from the iiterus, before the foetus is able to carry on the func- ■ tions of vitality, independent of its connection with the uterus, is termed Abortion, or Miscarriage. [When it occurs during the last three months of pregnancy it is termed premature labour, and must be treated according to the principles which regulate jtthe management of parturition at the termination of l^estation.—J. M. W.] ^ymjptom^. Uterine hfcmorrhagc, cither with or without flakes of decidua, with intermitting pain. These are usually preceded by several premonitory o 2