Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for the year ... . Fig. 8. UTERUS SEPTUS. 361 as is usually the case, spontaneous rupture occurs within thefirst four months and may lead to the death of the patient fromintraperitoneal hemorrhage. Recognition of this kind of anomaly during pregnancy isscarcely ever possible unless the patient is seen early. Diagnosisof pregnancy is made difficult in all forms of double uteri, com-plete or otherwise, because of the accompanying hypertrophy ofthat portion not involved. PiTfnant j-i/l months. Fig. 9. On Feb. 6, 1912, I w
Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for the year ... . Fig. 8. UTERUS SEPTUS. 361 as is usually the case, spontaneous rupture occurs within thefirst four months and may lead to the death of the patient fromintraperitoneal hemorrhage. Recognition of this kind of anomaly during pregnancy isscarcely ever possible unless the patient is seen early. Diagnosisof pregnancy is made difficult in all forms of double uteri, com-plete or otherwise, because of the accompanying hypertrophy ofthat portion not involved. PiTfnant j-i/l months. Fig. 9. On Feb. 6, 1912, I was called by Dr. J. H. Sanderson ofDetroit, to see Mrs. S. D., and elicited the following historyShe had been pregnant for three and one-half months. f Veryearly in her pregnancy she showed persistent nausea whichprogressed to a true h3^peremesis gravidarum in spite of alltreatment that could be instituted. She had lost much weight, 362 H . ^\? E L L I X G T O X YATES, was confined to her bed and unable to retain the least nourish-ment. Her condition was so grave that Dr. Sanderson felt itincumbent upon him to empty the uterus, which he did on theday preceding my call. On the evening of that same day sheshowed signs of serious illness. Her pulse became w^eak andtemperature elevated, she had abdominal pain and a moderatetympany. I was called so see her along with Dr. A. N. Collins,on the afternoon of the following day. The patient showed allthe classical symptoms of a diffuse peritonitis. She looked des-perately ill, her pulse was 150 per minute, small and
Size: 1232px × 2027px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, booksubjectgynecology, booksubjectobstetrics
