There is recorded
a fetal scalp injury, together with clotted blood in the hair,
after a fall of the mother: Autenrieth describes a wound of the
pregnant uterus, which had no fatal issue, and there is also
another similar case on record.
The modern records are much more interesting and wonderful on
this subject than the older ones. Richardson speaks of a woman
falling down a few weeks before her delivery. Her pelvis was
roomy and the birth was easy; but the infant was found to have
extensive wounds on the back, reaching from the 3d dorsal
vertebra across the scapula, along the back of the humerus, to
within a short distance of the elbow. Part of these wounds were
cicatrized and part still granulating, which shows that the
process of reparation is as active in utero as elsewhere.
Injuries about the genitalia would naturally be expected to
exercise some active influence on the uterine contents; but there
are many instances reported in which the escape of injury is
marvelous. Gibb speaks of a woman, about eight months pregnant,
who fell across a chair, lacerating her genitals and causing an
escape of liquor amnii. There was regeneration of this fluid and
delivery beyond term. The labor was tedious and took place two
and a half months after the accident.
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