The head of the fetus could be felt through the abdomen; an
incision was made through the parietes; a fully developed female
child was delivered, but, unfortunately, the mother died of
septic infection.
The British Medical Journal quotes: "Pinard (Bull. de l'Acad. de
Med., August 6, 1895) records the following, which he describes
as an ideal case. The patient was aged thirty-six, had had no
illness, and had been regular from the age of fourteen till July,
1894. During August of that year she had nausea and vomiting; on
the 22d and 23d she lost a fluid, which was just pink. The
symptoms continued during September, on the 22d and 23d of which
month there was a similar loss. In October she was kept in bed
for two days by abdominal pain, which reappeared in November, and
was then associated with pain in micturition and defecation. From
that time till February 26, 1895, when she came under Pinard's
care, she was attended by several doctors, each of whom adopted a
different diagnosis and treatment. One of them, thinking she had
a fibroid, made her take in all about an ounce of savin powder,
which did not, however, produce any ill effect. When admitted she
looked ill and pinched. The left thigh and leg were painful and
edematous.
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