Questions in obstetrics : asked at the examinations held by the New York State Board of Medical Examiners, complete, with references and answers to every question / Comp. and ed. by R.J.E. Scott.

  • Scott, R. J. E. (Richard John Ernst), 1863-1932
Date:
[1903], [©1903]
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    743. (d) Define embryotomy and craniotomy, and give (a), (e) the indications for and (b), (f) method of operating in each. {June, 1893.) 744. (f) Give the various steps in embryotomy on the transverse presentation. (May, 1895.) 740 to 744. (a) King's Manual of Obstetrics, page 386; (b) pages 387 et seq. (c) Induction of premature labor; symphyseotomy; Csesarean section, (d) King's Manual of Obstetrics, page 386; (e) page 400; (f) page 400. XXV. COMPLICATIONS OF THE PUERPERIUM. 745. Mention the pathogenic bacteria that invade the vagina, and state how the vagina is normally protected from them. (May, 1901.) 745. Streptococcus, staphylococcus, gonococcus, bacillus coli commmiis, bacillus diphtherise, bacillus aerogenes cap- sulatus, pneumococcus, bacillus typhosus, and bacteria of putrefaction. The vaginal mucus is antiseptic, and is secreted in large quantities before and during labor. 746. What is meant by autoinfection during or after labor, and how does it originate? {June, 1892.) 746. ^'Many believe that in a certain number of cases [of puerperal infection] the infection is not due to the introduction of organisms from without, but owes its origin to micro-organisms which were within the woman before the onset of labor. To infections arising in this way the term ' autoinfection' is applied. The conception was intro- duced by Kaltenbach that in a considerable number of cases pathogenic organisms are normally found in the vaginae of pregnant women, which may be introduced into the uterus by the introduction of a perfectily sterile finger within the vagina. (Jewett's Practice of Obstet- rics.) 747. (a) What is puerperal fever, and (b) what are its causes? {November, 1892.)