The Dublin practice of midwifery / by Henry Maunsell.

  • Henry Maunsell
Date:
1856
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    most anatomists; but Sir Everard Home has al- leged tliat lie 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 beheve, been corroboratedf; and I fear that at least Dr. V.'s argument (like many an excellent one) is injured by too much proof, as he is not satisfied with stating the existence of those vessels, but proceeds to show that, except the vein and arteries, the funis contains notliiiig 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 placenta is the most important of aU the uterine organs of the fcetus, -nT-thout which neither growth nor subsistence can continue. It has various forms in different animals, but, in the Imman subject, is a flat circular body, about six inches in diameter, and about one inch and a half in thickness at the centre, becoming thinner to- ward the circumference. ■ Usually in the centre, but sometimes at or near the edge, we find the in- * Zeitschrift fiir Physiologie, 4ter Bd. 1832. •|- Since the above wa3 written, Dr. Montgomery, of Dublin, has succeeded in repeating Dr. Fohmann's injection in the funis.
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