A textbook of obstetrics . ritis in Pregnancy and the PuerperalState, Zeitst hr. f. < reburtsh., Bd. ii, S. 225. NON-INFE ( TIOl S /•/•. / 7: AW. 6l5 adherent placenta, by the development of pelvic exudates, and,as in one instance, by septic infection, which occurred in con-sequence of large ulcerated surfaces in the vagina that haddeveloped during pregnancy. Persistence or Exacerbation of Febrile Affections in thePuerperal State.—A woman may acquire any of the acuteor chronic fevers during pregnancy, which may persist in thepuerperal state or take on new activity during that is
A textbook of obstetrics . ritis in Pregnancy and the PuerperalState, Zeitst hr. f. < reburtsh., Bd. ii, S. 225. NON-INFE ( TIOl S /•/•. / 7: AW. 6l5 adherent placenta, by the development of pelvic exudates, and,as in one instance, by septic infection, which occurred in con-sequence of large ulcerated surfaces in the vagina that haddeveloped during pregnancy. Persistence or Exacerbation of Febrile Affections in thePuerperal State.—A woman may acquire any of the acuteor chronic fevers during pregnancy, which may persist in thepuerperal state or take on new activity during that is true of all the infectious diseases, but particularly soof phthisis. The effect of labor upon the course of phthisishas interested many observers. It has been asserted that thedisease makes no progress, or, at least, is very much retardedin the puerperal state. There is a fictitious appearance ofregained health in the woman by reason of the accumulationof fat to which pregnancy disposes. The laity, therefore, enter-. Fig. 466.—Fever-chart of woman with advanced phthisis in pregnancy and the puerperal state. tain the idea that it is an advantage for the phthisical womanto become pregnant. No mistake could be more drain and strain of the child-bearing processes are oftenaccountable for the origin of phthisis in a woman disposedto tuberculosis, and, if the disease already exists, there is afterdelivery an exacerbation of the fever, an aggravation of thepulmonary symptom, and a rapid loss of strength and vitality,which shortens the patients life by many months. It is theduty of a physician to advise the tuberculous subject againstmarriage or maternity. Acute Intercurrent Affections in the Puerperal State.—Any one of the acute diseases may fasten itself upon a woman afterconfinement. They acquire a special interest in this condition, fortheir course is often modified, the prognosis is commonly graver,and the diagnosis is more difficult. It is often difficu
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