A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . , as does apostpartum bleeding, bijt is first seen during the puer-peral months- or a little later. The hemorrhages aresevere, repeated, and rapidly recurrent. Profound ans-mia soon occurs. Soon after the first bleedings a jn-ofusedischarge of muddy watei-y fluid occurs, and is seenwhen the patient is not bleeding. Metastases occur inthe vagina and such distant organs as the lungs, but sel-fiom in the liver. The patient usually has an elevation of temperature,and an


A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . , as does apostpartum bleeding, bijt is first seen during the puer-peral months- or a little later. The hemorrhages aresevere, repeated, and rapidly recurrent. Profound ans-mia soon occurs. Soon after the first bleedings a jn-ofusedischarge of muddy watei-y fluid occurs, and is seenwhen the patient is not bleeding. Metastases occur inthe vagina and such distant organs as the lungs, but sel-fiom in the liver. The patient usually has an elevation of temperature,and an increase in the pulse rate proportionate to the. Fig 4920.—Syncytioma. .s. Syncytium •. »«, necrotic llsstrc-; I, leuco-cytes; bg. connective tissue; c, ceUular (decidual) part of the tu-mor: n, nuclei in the syncytium. (Marchand.) hemorrhages. Pain is not an eariy symptom, but occurswhen the pelvic nerves become pressed upon by themass. Upon examination the enlargement of the uterus isfirst noted. If the nodules have penetrated the uterine 95 REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. wall, the peritoneal surface of the uterus will be foundnodular. The cervix is commonly dilated enough to ad-mit the examining finger, upon introducing which thefriable spongy mass may be felt. It bleeds readily. Whereas usually the primar_y tumor is in the uterus,occasionally it will occur first in the vagina. Deciduoma nialignum is of more rapid growth thanany other neoplasm. The patient dies from anaemia, heinorrhage, or metas-tatic complications. Diufjiiosis.—In every case of labor or abortion, in whichlate hemorrliagcs oc


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