On visceral hæmorrhages in stillborn children : an analysis of 130 autopsies being a contribution to the study of the causation of stillbirth / by Herbert R. Spencer.

  • Herbert Ritchie Spencer
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[1892]
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Credit: On visceral hæmorrhages in stillborn children : an analysis of 130 autopsies being a contribution to the study of the causation of stillbirth / by Herbert R. Spencer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of spinal cord. Hge. into right sterno-rnastoid at its lower part. A good deal of hge. into muscles of lumbar region of back (? produced by cervix uteri gripping the child’s body, both legs being down) ; also in psoas, and in muscles around the hip-joint. Case 49.—M., 6 lbs. 10 oz., 20 in.—Placenta prsevia ; version ; embryotomy for severe hge. in mother. The liver has a hge. on its upper surface beneath the capsule, probably produced by the finger introduced into the abdominal cavity. Kidneys and testes cgd. Lungs have cgd. edges. Supra-renals are full of blood. Case 50.—M., 2 lbs., 16 in. [Autopsy not complete.] Hge. outside theca of cord. A small amount of hge. in lateral ventricles. Case 51.—M., 8 lbs., 20| in.—Impacted breech ; child breathed a few times. Blue bruises in each groin. Scrotum red and oedema- tous. R. spermatic cord oedematous. Gians penis cgd. Hge. into both testes, chiefly into R. A very little blood- stained serum in peritoneum. At the apex of R. lung is a dark portion of the size of the tip of finger, of the con- sistence of liver ; there is here hge. extending into lung- tissue. Liver much cgd. Bases of pyramids and cellular tissue of hilum of kidneys much cgd. ; no hge. Supra- renals very large (If in. X If in. X fin.), cgd. No “ caput.” Posterior parietal bones are beneath occipital bone. Meninges cgd., especially beneath the posterior fontanelle. Case 52.—M., 7 lbs. (without brain), 21 in.—Cephalo- tripsy j head hard and well ossified. Liver cgd.; a little bruising of upper surface. Pyra- mids of kidneys cgd. Supra-renals large; the L. has its lower half distended with blood. Hge. into spinal arachnoid, most marked at lower end.