Case of uterine haemorrhage, where the placenta was expelled four hours before the birth of the child / by John Chapman ; communicated by Dr Pearson.

  • Chapman, John.
Date:
1799
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Credit: Case of uterine haemorrhage, where the placenta was expelled four hours before the birth of the child / by John Chapman ; communicated by Dr Pearson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    protrufion through os uteri to its complete ex- pulfion through os externum, fhe loft very little more blood than women ufually do when the placenta is expelled after the birth of the child. 2dly, From the expulfion of the placenta to the birth of the child, was full four hours. She loft little or no blood. How far does this fuggeft a different pradice, (to that in general followed), I mean, of delivering the placenta previous to delivering the child, in thofe cafes of alarming haemorrhage, where the placenta is fituated on the fide of, or over the os uteri ? 3dly, The very Angular and fudden effed produced by fo fmall a dofe of tind. opii, in removing the fpafmodic contradion of the uterus, offers to us a raoft excellent remedy on thefe occafions. fstrt* 2ft ZPtP, ^ uja* krr aa. 7^ IccyfU^Z trvjr