Elements of pathological anatomy . Such views,however, notwithstanding they possess some plausibility, are certainly alto-gether idle and unprofitable, as they have not a single fact to recommendthem to our judgment. as 780 UTERI S. The last subject proposed to be discussed is that of uterine moles. I aderthis term authors have described different, and often very dissimilar pro-ducts, which, after continuing for a variable period in the womb, are finally expelled with all the phenomena of ordinary labor. For the sake ofperspicuity, so essential in all pathological inquiries, I shall at once pr
Elements of pathological anatomy . Such views,however, notwithstanding they possess some plausibility, are certainly alto-gether idle and unprofitable, as they have not a single fact to recommendthem to our judgment. as 780 UTERI S. The last subject proposed to be discussed is that of uterine moles. I aderthis term authors have described different, and often very dissimilar pro-ducts, which, after continuing for a variable period in the womb, are finally expelled with all the phenomena of ordinary labor. For the sake ofperspicuity, so essential in all pathological inquiries, I shall at once proceedto divide uterine moles into two species, the fibrinous and the arrangement, it will be perceived, altogether excludes uterine hydatids,which have been referred to this head by Madame Boivin, in the work be-fore quoted, and wThich, from the many peculiarities they display, are worthy,I conceive, of separate consideration. The fibrinous mole (Figs. 236, 237, 238) is a much more interesting and Fig. 236. Fig. Exterior of a fibrinous mole. M«>le cut open, showing its structure ; a, chorion ; ft, amnion. Fig. 238. intricate structure than we might be led to infer from the imperfect descriptionsof it by authors. In its shape it is always, so far at least as reiterated inspectionhas enabled me to judge, more or less conical, pyriform, or gourd-like, never, I believe, perfectly globular. Occasionally,though this is rare, it is somewhat lobulated orangular, either externally or upon the innersurface, or in both these situations at the sametime. Its size and weight vary very much inindividual cases. In five specimens of this spe-cies of mole which I examined with great carealong with Professor Parker, the mean weightwas found to be a little more than one ounce,the maximum two ounces, the minimum sixdrachms. The length in the same cases variedfrom two inches and a half to three inches anda quarter ; the width, from one inch and a halfto two inches and a quart
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