This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...not infrequently associated with congenital malformations of the organ, as the bicornate uterus. The symptoms of the ventral variety are unimportant and readily alleviated: when the hernia takes place into an inguinal canal, however, symptoms of incarceration and strangulation promptly supervene. The diagnosis is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...not infrequently associated with congenital malformations of the organ, as the bicornate uterus. The symptoms of the ventral variety are unimportant and readily alleviated: when the hernia takes place into an inguinal canal, however, symptoms of incarceration and strangulation promptly supervene. The diagnosis is rendered easy by noting the absence of the uterus from its normal position, the presence of the enlargement and protrusion at the site of the hernia, and the history of the signs of pregnancy. The prognosis is good in the ventral variety, grave in the inguinal. Treatment.--Ventral hernia may be controlled by means of a tightly fitting abdominal binder and pad until the close of labor; after the puerperium it would be advisable to resort to operative measures in order to prevent recurrence of the condition. As soon as hernia into an inguinal sac be discovered, the induction of abortion is indicated if efforts at reposition fail. If the child be viable, a Porro-Cesarean section is indicated. (d) Metritis.--Inflammation of the uterus is a not infrequent complication of pregnancy, and is generally of long standing, the physiologic having been engrafted upon the pathologic condition. The symptoms of the preexisting disease are greatly aggravated under these circumstances, and the condition of the patient may become serious. There may be intense pain in the pelvis, with the characteristic bearingdown sensation. The irritation of the diseased uterine tissue consequent upon the rapid growth of the organ causes an intensification of the reflex manifestations; there are thus produced some of the gravest forms of the pernicious vomiting of pregnancy. Very generally abortion results either from apoplexy of the ovum or from loosening of the membranes with hemor...
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