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Title: The science and art of midwifery
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Lusk, William Thompson, 1838-1897
Subjects: Obstetrics Women Pathology
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
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rudimentary cornu. (Kttssmaul, observed by Hlder.) the third and sixth months. Cases have, however, been reported byTumer,; Werth,J and Salin,* in which gestation went to full term.Rupture lakes place at the apex of the cornu. In several instances inwhich surgical procedures have been employed for this anomaly, t he removal of the entire sac has been rendered easy by the presence of awell-formed pedicle. Interstitial Pregnancy.—The term interstitial pregnancy is applied to Cases in which the ovum is developed in the uterine portion of the * Op. eit.% pp. 105, too. ( Aichiv f. Gynaek., 70I. \\i. p. 381. ; Edinburgh Med..lour.. May, I886,p.974* Centralblat! I Gynaek., L881, p. 221. EXTRA-UTERINE PREGNANCY. :,:):, tube. The latter measures about seven lines in Length by one Line in diameter. At first the muscular walls hypertrophy and form around the ovum a sac which projects from the upper angle of the uterus. rdinarily, the growth of the muscular tissue does not keep pace
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Fig. 140.— Interstitial pregnancy. (Hennig.) with that of the ovum, rupture occurs at an early period. Of twenty-six such cases collected by Ilecker, all ruptured before the sixth month.Tail says that, SO far as known, interstitial pregnancy is uniformlyfatal by primary intraperitoneal rupture before the fifth month.Schwarz,* however, reports a case belonging to this category in whichthe fotus was expelled into the uterine cavity. The patient was known to be pregnant. Repeated haemorrhagesindicated a threatened abortion. To avoid further dangers, the cervix,dated with the view to empty the uterus. On examination withthe finger the uterine cavity was found empty, but there was a piece ofmembrane at the uterine opening of the left tube, which was removed.The next day the finger detected membrane at the same site, and, be-yond, a hard body. The uterus began to contracl energetically. On •Schwarz, Wienermed. Blatter, L886. In the abstract furnished by Grandinin the American Journal of
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