A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . Irregular Contraction of the Uterus, with Encystment of the Placenta. lyzed, with the placenta still attached, while the remainder of the bodyof the uterus contracts firmly, and thus encystment is produced.[L] Causes of Irregular Contractions.—These irregular contractions ofthe uterus are by no means so common as our older authors supposed. P The central constriction of the right-hand figure is intended to represent the inter-nal os uteri. The condition of the left-hand illustration, with a contraction around onecorner, I have very distinct
A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . Irregular Contraction of the Uterus, with Encystment of the Placenta. lyzed, with the placenta still attached, while the remainder of the bodyof the uterus contracts firmly, and thus encystment is produced.[L] Causes of Irregular Contractions.—These irregular contractions ofthe uterus are by no means so common as our older authors supposed. P The central constriction of the right-hand figure is intended to represent the inter-nal os uteri. The condition of the left-hand illustration, with a contraction around onecorner, I have very distinctly defined in a case of retained placenta. The adherentplacenta was entirely enclosed, and the contracted portion barely sufficed to admit thehand. When the adhesion was broken up, the inert portion of the uterine wall at oncecontracted : this was no doubt partly the result of the removal of the mechanical obsta-cle, and partly due to the stimulating effect of the presence and work of the experience is in correspondence with the opinion
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