An explanation of the real process of 'spontaneous evolution of the foetus'.

  • Douglas, John C.
Date:
1844
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Credit: An explanation of the real process of 'spontaneous evolution of the foetus'. 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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    I am authorised* by Dr. Churchill, of this city, to say that he, some time since, accompanied by another practitioner, visited a woman in labour, and in charge of a midwife. They found the arm pro- truded, and the thorax so decidedly in possession of the pelvis, as to preclude any feasible attempt being made at turning. In this dilemma, whilst deliberating on means for eviscerating and extract- ing, they were agreeably surprised to find the thorax gradually to descend, until, by a succession of uterine throes, the entire of the trunk w7as ex- pelled. Both the Doctor and his friend (an equally accomplished practitioner) had the most satisfactory and conclusive evidence of the progress of the evo- lution being, in this case, exactly as I have de- scribed it. Unwilling to prolong to any tiresome length the detail of facts on this point, I will only further refer to * A.D. ] 844.
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