The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . Fig. 88.—Twins, head and breech (modified fromHunter). DYST0C1 \. Plati. 1,2. Twins,transverse and breech. 3. rums, both transverse, i. ruins, bead and breech. 6, transverse. 6, . Twins, both heads presenting. DYSTOCIA. .7 as distinctly pathological. Albuminuria in the mother i- the rule in multiplepregnancies, and eclampsia ie ten times more frequeni than in single birtheThere is a disposition to inertia uteri during and after birth from distentionof the <-avity, and consequently a likelihood of post-part
The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . Fig. 88.—Twins, head and breech (modified fromHunter). DYST0C1 \. Plati. 1,2. Twins,transverse and breech. 3. rums, both transverse, i. ruins, bead and breech. 6, transverse. 6, . Twins, both heads presenting. DYSTOCIA. .7 as distinctly pathological. Albuminuria in the mother i- the rule in multiplepregnancies, and eclampsia ie ten times more frequeni than in single birtheThere is a disposition to inertia uteri during and after birth from distentionof the <-avity, and consequently a likelihood of post-partum hemorrhage. Borneoperative interference or intra-uterine manipulation is called for in about lo percent, of cases, and this, in addition to the frequency of kidney insufficiency, pre-disposes to sepsis. Finally, there may be insuperable obstruction in labor iflucked twins are not managed properly, and the woman may die of ruptureduterus or of exhaustion. The maternal mortality in the Budapest Mater-nity was four times as great as in the single births, and KJeinwachtere statis-tics give a mortality ot 13 per cent. For the children there is
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