A textbook of obstetrics . e process is a much slower one. Days, andeven weeks, max- be required for the uterus to get rid of itscontents if left unaided to nature, and it is not rare for a fragmentof the placenta or a portion of the uterine decidua to remainbehind indefinitely, firmly attached to the uterine wall and oftencontinuing t grow and develop, constituting within the uterus atrue pathological new Of the two symptoms, painand hemorrhage, the former is, in early abortions, usually the sub-ordinate ne. The hemorrhage is not often excessive, but maybecome alarming. The blood


A textbook of obstetrics . e process is a much slower one. Days, andeven weeks, max- be required for the uterus to get rid of itscontents if left unaided to nature, and it is not rare for a fragmentof the placenta or a portion of the uterine decidua to remainbehind indefinitely, firmly attached to the uterine wall and oftencontinuing t grow and develop, constituting within the uterus atrue pathological new Of the two symptoms, painand hemorrhage, the former is, in early abortions, usually the sub-ordinate ne. The hemorrhage is not often excessive, but maybecome alarming. The blood is not expelled in a steady flow, 1 A condition described undei the names placental polyp, polypoid hema-tomata. 4BORTION, MISCARRIAGE, AND PREMATURE LABOR !49 but from time to time as coagula. When the uterus discharges its contents the appearance of the substance expelled differsas the ovum is cast off entire with its shaggy, chorional coat, or surrounded by the decidua, which is often much thickened ; as.


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