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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    r«s ] anodyne was directed to be taken in’ the evening. „__ 21 ft.-**-We vifited her early in the morning, when we found that her fpirits were good. Her attendants in¬ formed us, that (he had pafled a much better night than could have been ex¬ pected. She was capable of turning without any inconvenience ; her third, pain in the abdomen, and vomiting, were ftill violent. Anodynes, with fait of wormwood and lemon juice, to be taken during the effervefcence, were di¬ rected for her. She had frequent ftools with tenefmus. The nurfe was ordered to let her drink be mint tea with rice The fymptoms evidently arifing from the injury done to the abdominal vif- cera, by the child’s remaining fo long among them, after its efcape from the uterus, induced us to entertain fome rays of hope, from the fuccefs which had