The Dublin practice of midwifery / By Henry Maunsell.

  • Henry Maunsell
Date:
1834
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    imbedded, and thus very effectually preserved from injury. Owing to this provision, knots are fre- quently formed upon the cord, without in the least interrupting the circulation. Besides the ar- teries and vein, the cord contains a rudiment of the urachus and the omphalo-mesenteric vessels and vitelline pedicle, structures which shall be sub- sequently alluded to. The existence of nerves and lymphatics in the funis has been denied by most anatomists; but Sir Everard Home has al- leged that he discovered the former by means of the microscope; and Dr. V. Fohmann *, of Liit- tich, asserts that he has been able to inject ab- sorbent vessels with mercury, and that they are very numerous both in the cord and placenta. The testimony of these gentlemen has not yet, I believe, been corroborated t; and, I fear, that at least Dr. F.’s argument (like many an excellent one) is injured by too much proof, as he is not satisfied with stating the existence of these vessels, but proceeds to show that, except the vein and arteries, the funis contains nothing else but ab- sorbents. The length of the cord varies, but is usually about two feet: it is frequently, when too long, twisted round the neck of the child. The jplatenta is the most important of all the * Zeitschrift fiir Physiologie, 4ter, bd. 1832. -f Since the above was written, Dr. Montgomery of Dublin has succeeded in repeating Dr. Fohmann’s injection in the funis.
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