Identifier: diseasesofwomenc00herm (find matches)
Title: Diseases of women. A clinical guide to their diagnosis and treatment
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Herman, G. Ernest (George Ernest), 1849-1914
Subjects: Women
Publisher: New York, W. Wood & Co.
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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Foetus Levator ani Fig. 250.—Sagittal section of pelvis in a case of four months pregnancy in the broadligament underneath the peritoneum. (After Berry Hart.) extract the foetus. The thinness of the tissues enables youto be sure that you will not cut through the placenta. Makea cut in the middle line, and then extract the foetus, eitherby making a hole in the head with scissors, and then seizingthe edge of the opening with forceps, or by grasping a foot,according to the part that presents. Make no attempt toremove the placenta. Wash out the cavity twice daily, or ,oftener, with a non-poisonous antiseptic until all the placenta Ihas come away. 862 DISEASES OF WOMEN. If the child is lying transversely; it the tissues between itand the vagina are thick; if there is any doubt about the Liver Place where sachad rupturedBlood Placenta
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Peritoneum Peritoneum Fig. 251.—Sagittal section of case of pregnancy at term underneath peritoneum (After Berry Hart.) diagnosis, this operation should not be done. An abdominaloperation is then preferable. 863 CHAPTER LXIII. INGUINAL SWELLINGS. I do not describe here those inguinal swellings whichoccur in both sexes. There are certain inguinal swellingswhich are peculiar to women, and these are the subjectof the present chapter. Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck. — This condition israre. Hennig* collected 41 cases. It is congenital. Accord-ing to Zuckerkandl (quoted by Hennig), who examined 19bodies of female infants of from 1 to 12 weeks age, thecanal of Nuck was open in four, in three of them on bothsides. The chamber formed by this process of peritoneummay or may not communicate with the general peritonealcavity. If, as in most cases, it does, the swelling will bereducible. There may be several small sacs along and infront of the round ligament. After labour, or in consequenceof

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