The Hahnemannian monthly . laced. Careful inquiry was made as to any possible cause. It wasthe firstborn of young people, who had been married aboutone year. Both parents are healthy and have good familyrecords. There is no history of fright or sudden emotionbeyond the extraction of a tooth by the aid of gas during the 1900.] Embryonic Umbilical Hernia. 607 first two months. About the end of the second month thehusband, during coition, was supporting his weight with hishands, when they suddenly slipped and he fell upon her abdo-men so heavily as to give her great abdominal pain at the time,and
The Hahnemannian monthly . laced. Careful inquiry was made as to any possible cause. It wasthe firstborn of young people, who had been married aboutone year. Both parents are healthy and have good familyrecords. There is no history of fright or sudden emotionbeyond the extraction of a tooth by the aid of gas during the 1900.] Embryonic Umbilical Hernia. 607 first two months. About the end of the second month thehusband, during coition, was supporting his weight with hishands, when they suddenly slipped and he fell upon her abdo-men so heavily as to give her great abdominal pain at the time,and leaving a soreness that lasted for some days. This wouldseem to me to have been the likely cause. The only report of a similar case I have seen was made inOctober last by Dr. T. H. Manley, of New York. He reportedthe sac in his case to contain the same viscera as mine. Heattempted operation, but found it impossible to do anything,and his child died in a few hours. I did not attempt anyoperation, seeing no chance I was told by one of the physicians present at the post-mortem that there had been cases reported in which the kid-neys were also eventrated. A deformity of this character constitutes a congenital mon-strosity, and is not to be compared, as Dr. Manley does, withthose more common minor varieties of embryonic hernia wherethere is some chance of relief by operation. The Induction of Abortion with Iodine.—Oehlschlager has emplc^edthe following method for a series of }^ears without any untoward incidents. Itis especially applicable to early pregnancy. He inserts a curved metal cathe-ter, having a lumen of 2 mm., up to the fundus uteri, and injects 3 or 4grammes of tincture of iodine. An ordinary tampon is put in the vagina toprotect it from the iodine after the instrument is withdrawn. Abortiontakes place on the third day, with the usual symptoms of menstruation. Itat once destroys fetal life. It is an antiseptic, and penetrates the tissueswithout producing an
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