Observations on the rupture of the gravid uterus : with the sequel to Mrs. Manning's case / by Andrew Douglas, M.D.

  • Andrew Douglas
Date:
1789
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Credit: Observations on the rupture of the gravid uterus : with the sequel to Mrs. Manning's case / by Andrew Douglas, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 5* ] in the abdomen ; the omentum was difToI- ved ; and all the parts contiguous to the liver, having been in a ftate of inflamma- tion and Suppuration, had contracted adhe- iions with one another. The remains of a putrid child were included in thefe adhe- lions; and the uterus, as to colour, fize, and confiftence, was in a natural ftate; but a rent was obferved on its back part,, the edges of which feemed to have had no difpolition to unite. The gradual decline of this woman's health, greatly refembles what is fometimes the confequence of puerperal fever. No. XIV. Journal de Medicine, 1780. A woman about four months with child, having fuffered fome great violence, an ute- rine haemorrhage immediately followed. The flooding flopped after fome time, and the menfes appeared exactly at the end of the month; fo tht it became doubtful, from the regular return of the natural dis- charge, whether ihe had been pregnant;