Volume 1

A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair.

  • William Smoult Playfair
Date:
1878
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Credit: A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    CHAPTER YI. ABNOKMAL PREGNANCY, INCLUDING MULTIPLE PREGNANCY, SUPER- F(ETATION, EXTRA-UTERINE F(ETATION, AND MISSED LABOUR. PAGE Plural Births, their frequency; Eelative frequency in different Coun- tries; Causes, etc.—Super-foetation and Super-fecundation—Nature Explanation—Objections to admission of such cases—Their possi- bility admitted—Extra-Uterine Pregnancy—Classification—Causes— Tubal Pregnancies—Changes in the Fallopian Tubes—Condition of Uterus — Progi-ess and Termination—Diagnosis—Treatment—Ab- dominal'Pregnancy: Description; Diagnosis; Treatment—Missed Labour : its Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment . . . .177 CHAPTER VII. DISEASES OF PREGNANCY. Some only Sympathetic, others Mechanical or Complex in their Origin- Derangements of the Digestive Organs: Excessive Nausea and Vomiting; Diarrhoea; Constipation; Haemorrhoids; Ptyalism; Toothache and Caries of Teeth; Affections of Respiratory Organs ; Dyspnoea, etc.—Palpitation—Syncope — Antemia and Chlorosi.s— Albuminuria 212 CHAPTER VIII. DISEASES OF PREGNANCY [continued). Disorders of the Nervous System: Insomnia; Headaches and Neuralgia ; Paralysis; Chorea; Disorders of the Urinary Organs ; Eetention of Urine; Irritability of the Bladder; Incontinence of Urine; Phosphatic Deposits; Leucorrhoea; EfiFects of Pressure ; Laceration of Veins ; Displacements of the Grravid Uterus; Prolapse, Anteversion, Eetro- version—Diseases co-existing with Pregnancy: Eruptive Fevers; Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Continued Fever; Phthisis ; Car- diac Disease ; Syphilis ; Icterus ; Carcinoma; Pregnancy complicated with Ovarian and Fibroid Tumours 230 CHAPTER IX. PATHOLOGY OF THE DECIDUA AND OVUM. Pathology of the Decidua—Hydrorrhcea aravidarura—Pathology of the Chorion; Vosicidar Degeneration, Myxoma Fibrosum—Pathology of the Placenta; Blood Extravasations, Fatty Degeneration, etc. Pathology of the Umbilical Cord—Patliology of the Amnion, Hy- dramnio.s; Deficiency of L'quor Amnii, etc.-Pathology of the piutus : Blood Diseases transmitted through the Mother, Small-pox, Measles, and Scarlet Fever, Intermittent Fevers, Lead-poisoning, Syphilis- Inflammatory Diseases-Dropsies -Tumours—Wounds and Injuries of the Foetus—Intra-uterine Amputations—Death of the Foetus