. Fig. i66—Inter-Placental Hemorrhage with Desiccation of Fetus, in Early Stages. /, Cervical canal ; //, hematoma filling uterus and covering fetal sac ; C, chorion incised and turned back ; F, fetus ; CL, corpus luteum. to be dependent upon disease of the non-placental uterine areas. In the abattoir I have observed marked inter-placental hemorrhage involving uniformly all cotyledons. In one well marked case none of the blood had escaped into the utero- chorionic space, the peripheral tufts having maintained their contact. In a manner this is a reversal of the peripheral dehiscence described


. Fig. i66—Inter-Placental Hemorrhage with Desiccation of Fetus, in Early Stages. /, Cervical canal ; //, hematoma filling uterus and covering fetal sac ; C, chorion incised and turned back ; F, fetus ; CL, corpus luteum. to be dependent upon disease of the non-placental uterine areas. In the abattoir I have observed marked inter-placental hemorrhage involving uniformly all cotyledons. In one well marked case none of the blood had escaped into the utero- chorionic space, the peripheral tufts having maintained their contact. In a manner this is a reversal of the peripheral dehiscence described in the preceding paragraph. It seems perfectly clear that this phenomenon is the ini- tial stage of desiccation or mummification of the fetus. In


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