The
discharge was small, and gradually grew less in quantity and
offensiveness, soon ceasing altogether, and the wound closed. By
December health was good and the menses had returned.
Ahlfeld, Ambrosioni,Galabin, Packard, Thiernesse, Maxson, de
Belamizaran, Dibot, and Chabert are among others recording the
phenomenon of coexisting extrauterine and intrauterine pregnancy.
Argles mentions simultaneous extrauterine fetation and
superfetation.
Sanger mentions a triple ectopic gestation, in which there was
twin pregnancy in the wall of the uterus and a third ovum at the
fimbriated end of the right tube. Careful examination showed this
to be a case of intramural twin pregnancy at the point of
entrance of the tube and the uterus, while at the abdominal end
of the same tube there was another ovum,--the whole being an
example of triple unilateral ectopic gestation.
The instances of delivery of an extrauterine fetus, with
viability of the child, from the abdomen of the mother would
attract attention from their rarity alone, but when coupled with
associations of additional interest they surely deserve a place
in a work of this nature. Osiander speaks of an abdominal fetus
being taken out alive, and there is a similar case on record in
the early part of this century.
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