Elements of medical jurisprudence; or, A succinct and compendious description of such tokens in the human body as are requisite to determine the judgment of a coroner, and courts of law, in cases of divorce, rape, murder, &c : To which are added, Directions for preserving the public health / [Samuel Farr].

  • Farr, Samuel, 1741-1795.
Date:
1814
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Credit: Elements of medical jurisprudence; or, A succinct and compendious description of such tokens in the human body as are requisite to determine the judgment of a coroner, and courts of law, in cases of divorce, rape, murder, &c : To which are added, Directions for preserving the public health / [Samuel Farr]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ordinay, Extraordi- nary. 4 tion; if a foetus, true pregnancy. This too is of two kinds, ordinary and extraordinary. The first, when one or more foetuses are lodged in the hol- low of the womb itself; the latter, when they are deposited in the ova- rium, the fallopian tube, or the gene- ral cavity of the abdomen. ‘The ova- rium is that substance in the female body, which answers to the testicle in contain the germen of the future ani- mal. The fallopian tube is a duct which conveys the male semen from posed to embrace the uterus in the time of conception. It is natural to suppose then, that sometimes the foetus may be lodged in these bodies, and seek an exit which it can never obtain. It is not uncommon for women of abandoned characters, or even mar- ried women, to conceal and deny their state of pregnancy; and in such cases, no