The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . arate condi-tions. Acute fever of pregnancy resembles such conditions as typhoid fever,septicemia, and acute miliary tuberculosis. Chronic fever of pregnancy appearsto be a neurosis, with participation of the heat-center. Clinically it has beenlikened to a confirmed phthisis. From the facts that these febrile affectionssupervene without the least apparent cause, and subside immediately afterthe uterus is evacuated, they have received the designation fever of preg-nancy. On account of the serious charac


The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . arate condi-tions. Acute fever of pregnancy resembles such conditions as typhoid fever,septicemia, and acute miliary tuberculosis. Chronic fever of pregnancy appearsto be a neurosis, with participation of the heat-center. Clinically it has beenlikened to a confirmed phthisis. From the facts that these febrile affectionssupervene without the least apparent cause, and subside immediately afterthe uterus is evacuated, they have received the designation fever of preg-nancy. On account of the serious character of the symptoms, abortion hasbeen performed a number of times. Had the correct diagnosis been made,no intervention would have resulted. Kleinwachter is opposed to the useof the term fever of pregnancy, or including the condition among theindications for terminating pregnancy. XXVII. THE METRORRHAGIA OF PREGNANCY; ANTE-PARTUM HEMORRHAGE. A discharge of blood from the vagina during pregnancy naturally suggeststhreatened or inevitable abortion (Fig. 504), or placenta prasvia, and should.


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