If the Hippocratic writers knew that this coiling is
sometimes quite innocuous, they did not in any place state the
fact.
The accompanying illustrations show the different ways in which
the funis may be coiled, the coils sometimes being as many as 8.
Bizzen mentions an instance in which from strangulation the head
of a fetus was in a state of putrefaction, the funis being twice
tightly bound around the neck. Cleveland, Cuthbert, and Germain
report analogous instances. Matthyssens observed the twisting of
the funis about the arm and neck of a fetus the body of which was
markedly wasted. There was complete absence of amniotic fluid
during labor. Blumenthal presented to the New York Pathological
Society an ovum within which the fetus was under going
intrauterine decapitation. Buchanan describes a case illustrative
of the etiology of spontaneous amputation of limbs in utero
Nebinger reports a case of abortion, showing commencing
amputation of the left thigh from being encircled by the funis.
The death of the fetus was probably due to compression of the
cord. Owen mentions an instance in which the left arm and hand of
a fetus were found in a state of putrescence from strangulation,
the funis being tightly bound around at the upper part.
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