Volume 2

An extraordinary case of lacerated vagina, at the full period of gestation. With observations tending to show that many cases related as ruptures of the uterus, have been lacerations of the vagina / [William Goldson].

  • Goldson, William
Date:
1787
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Credit: An extraordinary case of lacerated vagina, at the full period of gestation. With observations tending to show that many cases related as ruptures of the uterus, have been lacerations of the vagina / [William Goldson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ J7 ] was likewife in the cavity of the ab¬ domen, followed without any diffi- 0 culty. ■' r ■»,•( / ; Not being determined as to the na- o lure of the tumor, which Mr. Waller ielt upon the pofterior part; as the woman had buffered fo little in deli¬ very, we concurred in opinion, that he (hould again examine the ftate of the parts. Upon introducing his hand, he fbon found that the tumor receded be- V fore his lingers, and that it was the contrafied uterus. It was evident to * him that the uterus was not ruptured; but that there was a laceration of the vagina, at the place where it is attached to the cervix uteri, through which his hand would pafs with cafe into the ca¬ vity of the abdomen. The os internum was fo contracled, that it would not ad¬ mit more than two fingers, and he was convinced that it had not been injured. She found herfelf confiderably relieved J when we left her at four o'clock. An anodyne