The Dublin practice of midwifery / By Henry Maunsell.

  • Henry Maunsell
Date:
1834
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    system, giving rise to irritability of temper, ano- malous pains, salivation, &c.; 3. the motion of the foetus in utero (denominated quickening); 4. al- terations in the uterus as to its general size, and as to the condition of particular parts, as the os and cervix; and, 5. the auscultatory evidence as to the pulsations of the foetal heart, and the pla- centary sound. Suppression of the Menses.—This sign is one which we must take entirely upon trust from the report of the patient. It may also be a morbid symptom; so that its existence per se is no evi- dence of pregnancy. On the other hand, the pre- sence of the menses affords merely presumptive proof of the non-existence of the same state, as it is well known that discharges similar to the men- strual may occur regularly during gestation. We should only value it, therefore, in connection with other symptoms; but if such exist, and’amenorrhoea continues without loss of health, we have, at all events, good grounds for suspicion. JSIatcsea and vomiting are very constant attendants upon conception, occurring sometimes immediately after impregnation, but generally about the third or fourth week, and usually ceasing at the time of quickening. As these symptoms may be occasioned by many other causes, they are obviously not con- clusive signs of pregnancy; when they arise from this state, they usually occur at the time of the day when the woman, in leaving her bed, changes from
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