On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Tanner, Thomas Hawkes, 1824-1871.
Date:
1868
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Credit: On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Spleen, &c.—Hypertrophy of the liver—Hepatitis which has gone on to suppu- ration—Malignant disease of liver—Hydatid disease—Malposition of the kidneys —'-Horseshoe kidney—Hydronephrosis—Renal cancer—Enlargement of the spleen—Tuberculated disease of the peritoneum—FsecaJ accumulations—A large ventral omental hernia complicated with ascites, mistaken for extra-uterine preg- nancy—Encysted dropsy of the peritoneum—Cysts in the folds of the omentum, or on the under surface of the liver, or under the posterior part of the peritoneum.— 6. HEematometra, Hydrometra, and Physometra—Causes and symptoms of retained menstrual blood—An example of this aflection—The pregnant uterus mistaken for a tumor due to retention of the menses—The collection of serous fluid or of pus in the uterus—Its combination with hsematometra—The accumulation of gas in the uterus—Symptoms and causes—Explanations of this phenomenon, Page 144-194 CHAPTEE lY. THE DURATION OF PREGNANCY. Contradictory views entertained on the subject—Ordinary duration of pregnancy ten lunar months, or forty weeks, or from two hundred and seventy-four to two hundred and eighty days—This period liable to vary within certain limits—The exciting cause of paiturition unknown—Our ignorance of the interval which elapses be- tween intercourse and the actual vivification of the ovule—Tables of cases by Drs. Merriman, Reid, Murphy, and the author—Dates of delivery calculated from the last day of the catamenia—'Forty-five cases of conception, the dates being calcu- lated from a single coitus—M. Tessier's researches on cows, mares, &c.—Earl Spencer's observations on the time of gestation in 764 cows—To what extent may pregnancy be prolonged beyond the normal period of gestation?—Protracted par- turition said to be sometimes mistaken for protracted gestation—Very scanty satis- factory evidence that pregnancy, in the human subject, has ever been prolonged beyond ten calendar months—Mode of computing the date of labor from the last day of the last menstrual period—Dr. Clay's opinion that the term of utero-gestation is regulated by the ages of the parents—Table to show that the younger the parties concerned the shorter the term, and vice versa—Popular belief that when the time of gestation is longer than usual, the offspring will be a male, . Page 195-218 CHAPTEE V. THE PREMATURE EXPULSION OP THE PCETUS. 1. Introduction—Definition of the terms abortion, miscarriage, and premature labor— Periods of pregnancy at which abortion is most common—Data by which the age of the embryo can be ascertained after expulsion—The shortest period at which the fcEtus may attain maturity.—2. Causes of abortion—As they are accidental—As they are due to some deranged state of the maternal health—As they can be traced to some morbid condition of the uterus or its appendages—And as they arise from disease of the embryo or its membranes.—3. Symptoms—In the early days of ges- tation—At an advanced period of pregnancy—In multiple pregnancies one fcBtus may die, and either be at once expelled, or be retained until the birth of the other at the full term—The severe consequences of only a portion of the ovum coming away—Inversion of the uterus after an abortion.—4. Diagnosis—The distinction between the menstrual flow, and the hemorrhage of an early abortion—Women