Smith cites an
instance of a woman of twenty-three who became pregnant in
August, 1870. In the following December she passed fetal bones
from the rectum, and a month later gave birth to an intrauterine
fetus of six months' growth. McGee mentions the case of a woman
of twenty-eight who became pregnant in July, 1872, and on October
20th and 21st passed several fetal bones by the rectum, and about
four months later expelled some from the uterus. From this time
she rapidly recovered her strength and health. Devergie quotes an
instance of a woman of thirty who had several children, but who
died suddenly, and being pregnant was opened. In the right iliac
fossa was found a male child weighing 5 pounds and 5 ounces, 8
1/2 inches long, and of about five months' growth. The uterus
also contained a male fetus of about three months' gestation.
Figure 4 shows combined intrauterine and extrauterine gestation.
Hodgen speaks of a woman of twenty-seven, who was regular until
November, 1872; early in January, 1873, she had an attack of pain
with peritonitis, shortly after which what was apparently an
extrauterine pregnancy gradually diminished. On August 17, 1873,
after a labor of eight hours, she gave birth to a healthy fetus.
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