Abdominal tumours and abdominal dropsy in women / by James Oliver.

  • Oliver, James.
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Abdominal tumours and abdominal dropsy in women / by James Oliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    UTEKO-GESTATION The uterus, which harbours under ordi- nary circumstances a fecundated ovum, becomes, as a rule, an abdominal tumour during the third month of pregnancy; and although no difficulty may in the majority of cases be experienced in determining the nature of a swelling of this kind, still it is not at all times an easy act. A woman who is living in wedlock, and who has not yet apparently reached the climacteric age, will suspect the existence of pregnancy if she cease to menstruate. It frequently happens, however, that a hasmorrhagic discharge of varying amount flows from time to time from the vagina whilst the uterus is occupied by a growing embryo ; and it is sometimes re- marked that conception takes place whilst the menstrual function is held in abeyance by lactation, or, independently of this influ- ence, has not yet been re-established after 1