A system of obstetrics . Membranes In which the Placenta is Partly Adherent (Strafe). or else one portion of the placenta adheres more closely than all events, the condition shown in Fig. 2(ib is the result—a separa- THE MECHANISM OF THE THIRD STAGE OF LABOR. 631 Fig. « Oi ixttrnum, Representing Placenta Separated, but still lying in uterine cavity (Stratz). 632 MECHANISM AND TREATMENT OF LABOR. tion of the whole placenta not simultaneously, but after two or morecontractions, each of which forces away a greater or less area. It must often happen that the same uterine contracti
A system of obstetrics . Membranes In which the Placenta is Partly Adherent (Strafe). or else one portion of the placenta adheres more closely than all events, the condition shown in Fig. 2(ib is the result—a separa- THE MECHANISM OF THE THIRD STAGE OF LABOR. 631 Fig. « Oi ixttrnum, Representing Placenta Separated, but still lying in uterine cavity (Stratz). 632 MECHANISM AND TREATMENT OF LABOR. tion of the whole placenta not simultaneously, but after two or morecontractions, each of which forces away a greater or less area. It must often happen that the same uterine contraction which atfirst so diminishes the area of the placental site as to force off theplacenta from the uterine wall is, immediately after the separation ofthe placenta, at once converted into the detruding force that expels thelatter from the uterine cavity. In such cases it would be difficult todetect the dividing moment between separation and detrusion, one seem-ing to be but a continuation of the other; and it is this circumstancedoubtless that has led some observers to advance the theory that theplacenta is separated not only by the diminution of the placental site,but also by being grasped and pushed off from the uterine wall by theaction of the uterine muscle. This latter a
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