A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 100.—Excessive torsion of the cord. Fig. 101.—Distention of the umbilical vessels. Varices of the cord. and the cord itself, especially near the umbilicus, is reduced to avery small diameter. Formerly the torsion was regarded as acause of fetal death, but Martin, Ruge, Schauta, and most modernobservers regard the exaggerated torsion of the umbilical cordas a postmortem occurrence, resulting from the great movabilitywithin the: uterine cavity of a fetus that has died from tin- fifthto the seventh month of pregnancy. The number of twists in 1 Chantreuil, Dispositi
A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 100.—Excessive torsion of the cord. Fig. 101.—Distention of the umbilical vessels. Varices of the cord. and the cord itself, especially near the umbilicus, is reduced to avery small diameter. Formerly the torsion was regarded as acause of fetal death, but Martin, Ruge, Schauta, and most modernobservers regard the exaggerated torsion of the umbilical cordas a postmortem occurrence, resulting from the great movabilitywithin the: uterine cavity of a fetus that has died from tin- fifthto the seventh month of pregnancy. The number of twists in 1 Chantreuil, Disposition <1<- Cordon, Paris, 1875. I have seen one cord 48and another 56 inches long. The latter was coiled twice around the neck and once around the trunk. THE UMBILICAL CORD. I 35 the cord may be surprisingly great. In Schautas 1 case it reached380. Torsion occurs more frequently in male than in femalechildren. Edema and cystic degeneration of the cord may oftenbe found in connection with exaggerated torsion. Stenosi
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