Weill describes the case of a woman of twenty-three who gave
birth to a robust boy on the 16th of June, 1877, and suckled him
eleven months. This birth lasted one hour. She became pregnant
again and was delivered under the following circumstances: She
had been walking on the evening of September 5th and returned
home about eleven o'clock to sleep. About 3 A.M. she awoke,
feeling the necessity of passing urine. She arose and seated
herself for the purpose. She at once uttered a cry and called her
husband, telling him that a child was born and entreating him to
send for a physician. Weill saw the woman in about ten minutes
and she was in the same position, so he ordered her to be carried
to bed. On examining the urinal he found a female child weighing
10 pounds. He tied the cord and cared for the child. The woman
exhibited little hemorrhage and made a complete recovery. She had
apparently slept soundly through the uterine contractions until
the final strong pain, which awoke her, and which she imagined
was a call for urination.
Samelson says that in 1844 he was sent for in Zabelsdorf, some 30
miles from Berlin, to attend Hannah Rhode in a case of labor. She
had passed easily through eight parturitions.
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