Clinical notes on sterility in women / by Graily Hewitt, M.D., F.R.C.P.
- Duncan, J. Matthews (James Matthews), 1826-1890.
- Date:
- 1884
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Clinical notes on sterility in women / by Graily Hewitt, M.D., F.R.C.P. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![We suppose that, from the time of their birth, the children of these observations were tended with the same care or desire of the mothers to act fairly by them; and that we must look to some cause of tlie fidlure to rear in the reproductive arrangements. Now, liere we include the nourishment of the child among the reproductive processes, while in our other studies of sterility we stop at its birth, or, if we proceed further, we consider only conditions presum- ably already established or commenced at the time of birth, such as idiocy. The child is naturally fed upon its mother's milk, and the feeding is an extra- of Families, ]). 79) very remarkable Table VI. showing tliat, at all ages up to 45, first-born Have a greater mortality than second-born, and third-born; that among the fourth-born, fifth-born, and sixth-born, mortality is greater than among second-born, and third-born; and that the mortality is still greater among seventh-born and later children. How remarkably this falls in with the doctrine of the text it is unnecessary to point out: imperfection, so far as shewn by failure to survive in first children; high degree of perfection in second and third (and possibly in fourth); increasing imperfection as the number of later children, increases. Excerpts Illustrative of An sell's Tcible. Numbers that survive each age out of 100,000 born alive. Age. 4th, 5th, 7th and 1 st child. 2nd child. 3rd child. aud 6th later children. children. Total births Born alive. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 104,016 100,000 87,678 85,599 8.S,592 80,902 77,708 74,885 71,824 68,282 65,778 102,005 ioo,oco 88,359 86,194 84,489 82,157 78,842 75,398 72333 68,932 65,251 101,549 100, coo 88,901 86,307 84,657 81,857 78,521 74.996 72,017 68,719 65,504 101,738 100,000 87,358 85,261 83,532 80,778 77,791 74,684 71,492 68,274 65,377 102,085 100,000 84,956 82,5.56 81,309 78,567 75,472 72,230 69,581 66,832 63,510](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24748882_0076.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
