A textbook of obstetrics . pounds of hardened feces wore removedbefore the woman was delivered. 1 Kotschurowa has reported a case in which labor la-ted three day-. At theend of that time a gangrenous tumor protruded from the vulva, which tumor provedto be the bladder and anterior vaginal wall. The midwife in attendance perforate 1the tumor with her finger, whereupon a calculus eighty-five grains in weight was dis-charged ( Jahresbericht u. d. Fortschr. a. d. Gebiete der Geburtsh., etc., vi, 225 ;o6 THE PATHOLOGY OF LABOR. 23 _•, and 28^ pounds have been recorded. The causes of over-growth m th
A textbook of obstetrics . pounds of hardened feces wore removedbefore the woman was delivered. 1 Kotschurowa has reported a case in which labor la-ted three day-. At theend of that time a gangrenous tumor protruded from the vulva, which tumor provedto be the bladder and anterior vaginal wall. The midwife in attendance perforate 1the tumor with her finger, whereupon a calculus eighty-five grains in weight was dis-charged ( Jahresbericht u. d. Fortschr. a. d. Gebiete der Geburtsh., etc., vi, 225 ;o6 THE PATHOLOGY OF LABOR. 23 _•, and 28^ pounds have been recorded. The causes of over-growth m the fetus are prolongation of pregnancy, oversize andadvanced age of one or both parents, and multiparity. Rarely, it may be inexplicable. The first named is, in the writers experi-ence, the most common cause. In six per cent, of women preg-nancy may be expected to be prolonged beyond the three-hundredth day, and for every day that the fetus is retained in thewomb beyond the usual time there is an increase in its size and. Fig. 372.—Overgrowth of head obstructing labor.
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