American gynaecological and obstetrical journal. . Case I. Fig. 1. From Photograph of Syphilis of the UmbilicalCord, showing thickening of all Coats of the Vessel and Throm-bi in the Lumen. (Teiss, 35 mm., Ocular Projection, 12.) could not be gotten from her, the condylomatous condition of thevagina and the evidence in the placenta and cord, make it probablytrue that she was tainted with the disease. Case II. Mrs. B., aged twenty-five, gave a syphilitic history, the diseasehaving been contracted from her husband. She had previously Effects of Hereditary Syphilis Upon the Placenta. 149 given bi
American gynaecological and obstetrical journal. . Case I. Fig. 1. From Photograph of Syphilis of the UmbilicalCord, showing thickening of all Coats of the Vessel and Throm-bi in the Lumen. (Teiss, 35 mm., Ocular Projection, 12.) could not be gotten from her, the condylomatous condition of thevagina and the evidence in the placenta and cord, make it probablytrue that she was tainted with the disease. Case II. Mrs. B., aged twenty-five, gave a syphilitic history, the diseasehaving been contracted from her husband. She had previously Effects of Hereditary Syphilis Upon the Placenta. 149 given birth to three living children, two of whom died in infancyfrom weakness. She had had one miscarriage; was confined atthe Old Marion Street Maternity Hospital December 16, 1893; labornormal, also placenta and cord normal. The child weighedpounds, and was apparently in perfect health. Two hours afterbirth it was placed to mothers breast and sucked Case I. Fig. 2. From Photograph of Syphilis of the UmbilicalCord showing thickening of all the Coats of the Vessels andThrombi in their Lumen. (Teiss, 76 mm. No ocular.) Twelve hours after birth it ejected from mouth a considerable quan-tity of dark, clotted blood; this was repeated six times during thefollowing six hours. Subnitrate of bismuth, gr. v, was then ad-ministered, which seemed to quiet the condition for several hours;but seizures returned, the blood becoming, however, lighter in color,and without clots. Bismuth, gr. v; tannic acid, gr. j, was then ad-ministered, but without effect. The mother had a good supply ofmilk, and child was given the breast with regularity, but on no oc-casion was the milk seen to be ejected with the blood. The ejection /. Dougal Bisscll, of blood continued to an alarming extent, increasing in amount andcontinuing bright in color. As I could find no bleeding surface inthe throat, and as the blood was thrown out without being mixedwith the cont
Size: 1527px × 1636px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, booksubjectgynecology, booksubjectobstetrics
