Dr. Gregory's conspectus medicinae theoreticae : embracing pathology and physiology / with the original text, an ordo verborum, and literal translation. By John Steggall.

  • James Gregory
Date:
1855
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Credit: Dr. Gregory's conspectus medicinae theoreticae : embracing pathology and physiology / with the original text, an ordo verborum, and literal translation. By John Steggall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    800. Turn dolores fere mitescunt paulisper, autem redituri brevi vehementio- res, que tandem expulsuri infantem, preecipitem, cum immani cruciatu, et tre- more totius corporis ali- quando etiam convulsione nonnunquam forsan lethali : vero quam primum caput ejus exiverit, reliquum cor- pus facile sequihir. 801. Brevi post partum placenta separatur ab utero, et expellitur cum reliquis partibus ovi, plerumque non sine magnd jacturd sangui- nis, qualis scepe non caruerit periculo, prcesertim si ali- qua vis fuerit admota ad se- parandam placentam. Vero plerumque fluxus sanguinis brevi compescitur, vel saltern temperatur subitd et vali- dissimd contractione uteri; ita ut fluxus, qui vocatur lochia, brevi evadat parcior et pallidior, et tandem om- nino serosus. Idem serius ocyus reprirniturpenilus, se- 800. Turn dolores paulisper fere initescunt, brevi autem vehemen- tiores redituri, tanderaque cum immani cruciatu, et totius corporis tremore, aliquando etiam convul- sione, forsan lethali nonnunquam, infantem prsecipitem expulsuri: quam primum vero caput ejus exiverit, reliquum corpus facile sequitur. 801. Brevi post partum, pla- centa ab utero separatur, et cum reliquis ovi partibus expellitur, non sine magna plerumque san- guinis jactura, qualis saepe peri- culo non caruerit, praesertim si vis aliqua ad separaudam placentam admota fuerit. Plerumque vero sanguinis fluxus brevi compesci- tur, vel temperatur saltern, subita et validissima uteri contractione : ita ut fluxus, qui lochia vocatur, brevi parcior et pallidior, et tan- dem serosus omniuo evadat. Idem serius ocyus reprirnitur penitus. 800. Then the pains generally moderate a little, but about to return shortly more violent, and at length to expel the infant, head foremost, with severe torture, and tremor of the whole body, sometimes even with a convulsion occasionally perhaps fatal: but as soon as the head of it has gone forth, tbe rest of the body easilv follows. 801. Shortly after birth the placenta is separated from the uterus, and is expelled with the rest of tbe parts of the ovum, for the most ])art not without great loss of blood, such as often would not be free from danger, especially if some force should be applied to sepa- rate the i)lacenta. But generally the flow of blood quickly is sup- pressed, or at least is moderated by the sudden and very strong contraction of the uterus: so that the flux, which is called lochia, i; soon becomes more scanty and paler, and at length altogether serous. | Ihe same later or sooner is repressed entirely, according to thefl