Milk in abundance
made its appearance, and she was amply able to nourish both
children from the breasts. Lachausse speaks of a woman of thirty
who bore one child on April 30, 1748, and another on September
16th in the same year. Her breasts were full enough to nourish
both of the children. It might be remarked in comment on this
case that, according to a French authority, the woman died in
1755, and on dissection was found to have had a double uterus.
A peculiar instance of superfetation was reported by Langmore in
which there was an abortion of a fetus between the third and
fourth months, apparently dead some time, and thirteen hours
later a second fetus; an ovum of about four weeks and of perfect
formation was found adherent near the fundus. Tyler Smith
mentions a lady pregnant for the first time who miscarried at
five months and some time afterward discharged a small clot
containing a perfectly fresh and healthy ovum of about four
weeks' formation. There was no sign of a double uterus, and the
patient menstruated regularly during pregnancy, being unwell
three weeks before the abortion. Harley and Tanner speak of a
woman of thirty-eight who never had borne twins, and who aborted
a fetus of four months' gestation; serious hemorrhage accompanied
the removal of the placenta, and on placing the hand in the
uterine cavity an embryo of five or six weeks was found inclosed
in a sac and floating in clear liquor amnii.
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