Cathell speaks of a case of pregnancy
complicated with both uterine fibroids and measles. Other cases
of a similar nature to the foregoing are too numerous to mention.
Figure 13, taken from Spiegelberg, shows a large fibroid blocking
the pelvis of a pregnant woman.
There are several peculiar accidents and anomalies not previously
mentioned which deserve a place here, viz., those of the
membranes surrounding the fetus. Brown speaks of protrusion of
the membranes from the vulva several weeks before confinement.
Davies relates an instance in which there was a copious watery
discharge during pregnancy not followed by labor. There is a case
mentioned in which an accident and an inopportune dose of ergot
at the fifth month of pregnancy were followed by rupture of the
amniotic sac, and subsequently a constant flow of watery fluid
continued for the remaining three months of pregnancy. The fetus
died at the time, and was born in an advanced state of
putrefaction, by version, three months after the accident. The
mother died five months after of carcinoma of the uterus.
Montgomery reports the instance of a woman who menstruated last
on May 22, 1850, and quickened on September 26th, and continued
well until the 11th of November.
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