The causes and treatment of abortion . assing through the cervix, as this may not besufficiently dilated. It may also facilitate matters if it be re-membered that there may sometimes be two children in tlie , if the uterus appears to Idb unduly large, or more COMPLETE ABORTION. 219 especially if another foetus can be made out l)y abdominal orvaginal examination, or if the heart sounds are heard, greatgentleness should be used, as cases are known where, when thedead fa3tus has been expelled, the woman has carried her otherbaby to full time. In those cases of abortion where twin pr
The causes and treatment of abortion . assing through the cervix, as this may not besufficiently dilated. It may also facilitate matters if it be re-membered that there may sometimes be two children in tlie , if the uterus appears to Idb unduly large, or more COMPLETE ABORTION. 219 especially if another foetus can be made out l)y abdominal orvaginal examination, or if the heart sounds are heard, greatgentleness should be used, as cases are known where, when thedead fa3tus has been expelled, the woman has carried her otherbaby to full time. In those cases of abortion where twin preg-nancy is suspected, it is advisable that the cord of the expelledfoetus be tied, so that the other foetus may not suffer through aloss of blood. And, here it should be mentioned that, if thefoetus is born alive, or if it breathe, then an effort should bemade to keep it alive. It is to be feared that a considerablenumber of infants are lost yearly, and simply on the mere sug-gestion that it is a premature birth. If the motto for the.
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