First lines of the practice of midwifery: to which are added remarks on the forensic evidence requisite in cases of foeticide and infanticide / By Charles Severn.

  • Severn, Charles.
Date:
1831
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Credit: First lines of the practice of midwifery: to which are added remarks on the forensic evidence requisite in cases of foeticide and infanticide / By Charles Severn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ticularly at the edge, bright or cinnabar red patches, or stripes. 3. When cells distended with air are visible in the sur- face of the lungs, especially in the upper lobe and edges of the right lung, collected in insulated groups, and imme- diately connected with compact portions of the substance of the lungs. Hence also crepitating, or not, according to the portion which is cut, and the expanded portions, yield- ing bubbles from pressure under water. 4. When the absolute weight of the lungs is manifestly increased in comparison with the length of the body. 5. When the whole lungs, with or without the heart, sink in water, while at the same time, the one or other lobe, or several, or a few portions, will float. 6. When the lungs occupy the lateral parts of the tho- racic cavity, their anterior edges and ligulate elongations of the right middle, and left upper lobes are partially, or every where become obtuse. 7. When the umbilical vessels and foetal circulatory apparatus remain still pervious, the canalis arteriosus being diminished, being about the size of a goosequill, conse- quently of less diameter than the trunk, but equal to the now increased diameter of the two branches of the pulmo- nary artery. THE END.