. The hydropathic family physician : a ready prescriber and hygienic adviser with reference to the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of diseases, accidents, and casualties of every kind . we find the insertion of the funis or umbilical cord, the ves- Childbirth, 735. eels of which immediately ramify in a divergent manner upon the sur face of the organ. It is attached f> the upper and inner surface of the womb, and furnishes blood to the fetus through the umbilical , after the uterine Fig. 230. contractions have, forced the child into the world, the womb reposes itself
. The hydropathic family physician : a ready prescriber and hygienic adviser with reference to the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of diseases, accidents, and casualties of every kind . we find the insertion of the funis or umbilical cord, the ves- Childbirth, 735. eels of which immediately ramify in a divergent manner upon the sur face of the organ. It is attached f> the upper and inner surface of the womb, and furnishes blood to the fetus through the umbilical , after the uterine Fig. 230. contractions have, forced the child into the world, the womb reposes itself a half hour, less or more. Thereafter period-ical pains again commence, which shows that the organ is attempting to expel the after-birth ; it is sometimes thrown completely into the world, but oftener it is left wholly or in part in the vagina. It is proper, then, as indeed at other times, under certain circumstances, to deliver it by manual means. But there should be no hurry thb placenta and umbilical cord. in the matter, as we too often see the old women appearing to thinkthat every thing depends upon a speedy expulsion of the viscus. Insome cases the after-birth has remained in the womb for many days,in spite of all that doctors and nurses could do, the patient
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