Obstetrics : the science and the art . Fiir. PREGNANCY. 201 As some of our brethren appear to take interest in the researchesand opinions of Dr. Ernest Henry Weber, of the University of Leip-sic, it is proper for me to show the grounds on which that author restshis theory. He directs that a gravid womb having been openedby an incision should be carefully washed, and then laid in alcohol tobecome somewhat hardened by the spirit. When sufficiently firm,an orifice of one of the veins opened in the uterine substance by thecut, should be sought, and the vessel inflated by means of a
Obstetrics : the science and the art . Fiir. PREGNANCY. 201 As some of our brethren appear to take interest in the researchesand opinions of Dr. Ernest Henry Weber, of the University of Leip-sic, it is proper for me to show the grounds on which that author restshis theory. He directs that a gravid womb having been openedby an incision should be carefully washed, and then laid in alcohol tobecome somewhat hardened by the spirit. When sufficiently firm,an orifice of one of the veins opened in the uterine substance by thecut, should be sought, and the vessel inflated by means of a inflated vein is then to be slit up with the scissors, and its trackfollowed by successively inflating it and slitting it up. In this waythe course of the vein is followed into the substance of the placenta, acertain portion of which is found to have been distended with the airof the blowpipe, which escapes from openings in accidentally brokenvessels. The walls of these veins are so thin as to evidently consistonly of the thinnest polished in
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