Category: Health & Medicine
By abortion is generally understood the expulsion of the contents of the gravid uterus, at a period of gestation so early as to render it impossible for the fœtus to live. It is an accident or disease which is very frequent in its occurrence, which is always attended with disa...
It is now the general opinion, that contraction will unavoidably follow the evacuation of the waters. But we can suppose the action of gestation to be in some cases so strong as...
2. Part 2This is the case with all organs whose action is increased, other parts being deprived in proportion as they are supplied, except when irritation raises general action above the...
4. Part 4Faintness operates in the same way, in many cases, by allowing coagula to form in consequence of the blood flowing more slowly; and, when the faintness goes off, the coagula sti...
1. Part 1By abortion is generally understood the expulsion of the contents of the gravid uterus, at a period of gestation so early as to render it impossible for the fœtus to live. It is...
5. Part 5It occasionally happens, that no hemorrhage accompanies this retention, but the remains of the ovum putrify, and after many days come away in a very fœtid state. Until this expu...