Chicago medical journal and examiner . 1880.] Crandall, a Case of Triplets. 507 ©litxicaX ilc^xivtB. Notes from Private VII. A Case of Triplets. Mrs. S., wife of a mechanic in moderate circumstances, ceasedto menstruate the last time on August 17, 1879. Complained oflabor pains on the 6th of April, 1880. I was called about noon; she was having light pains. I made anexamination; found head presentation. The os uteri not beingsufficiently dilated, I gave a powder of pulv. doveri, to be taken. on the evening of the 6th. Was called about two oclock a. pains were light and ca
Chicago medical journal and examiner . 1880.] Crandall, a Case of Triplets. 507 ©litxicaX ilc^xivtB. Notes from Private VII. A Case of Triplets. Mrs. S., wife of a mechanic in moderate circumstances, ceasedto menstruate the last time on August 17, 1879. Complained oflabor pains on the 6th of April, 1880. I was called about noon; she was having light pains. I made anexamination; found head presentation. The os uteri not beingsufficiently dilated, I gave a powder of pulv. doveri, to be taken. on the evening of the 6th. Was called about two oclock a. pains were light and came on once every ten to fifteenminutes, till about one oclock p. m., then the uterus being welldilated, I ordered a full dose of fluid extract of ergot, to increasethe force of the pains. 508 Crandall, a Case of Triplets. [May, No. 1 was born at half past one, with the natural head presen-tation. I ruptured the sac and a moderate amount of amnioticfluid escaped. The child was in appearance about seven and onehalf months poorly nourished ; bones of the skull soft, and didnot show much vitality, never cried or took a full inspiration,only gasped a few times. No. 3, as you will see in the cut, was delivered by crowdingup the breech and grasping the feet. I delivered it in about fifteenminutes after the first. This child looked different in contour,was not so long as the first, but cried lustily; showed good lungand muscular development, and weighed about one pound morethan the others. I then assured th
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