The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . Fig. 50.—Uterus didelphys. Fig. 51.—Vagina septa (uterus biforis). uterus is to be feared on account of the ill-developed uterine walls. Lacerationof the septum frequently occurs. It has been noted that a decidual membranemay be retained within the non-pregnant half of the uterus, when, undergoingputrefaction after delivery, it may give rise to septic infection. There seems 72 AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF OBSTETRICS. also to be a disposition to the retention of membranes in the pregnant side ofthe womb. Retention of the placenta is
The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . Fig. 50.—Uterus didelphys. Fig. 51.—Vagina septa (uterus biforis). uterus is to be feared on account of the ill-developed uterine walls. Lacerationof the septum frequently occurs. It has been noted that a decidual membranemay be retained within the non-pregnant half of the uterus, when, undergoingputrefaction after delivery, it may give rise to septic infection. There seems 72 AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF OBSTETRICS. also to be a disposition to the retention of membranes in the pregnant side ofthe womb. Retention of the placenta is not uncommon, partly because ofinsufficient expulsive force, partly on account of its situation, perhaps attachedin both divisions of the uterine cavity. Thevard15 reports the retention ofthe placenta in a double uterus for fifty days, when it was spontaneously dis-charged. It has happened in cases of double uterus and vagina that thephysician examined the wrong side, and was ignorant of the progress of laboruntil the child was about to be born; also that he e
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