There is an account of a female who had a tumor projecting
between the vagina and rectum, which was incised through the
intestine, and proved to be a dead child. Saviard reported what
he considered a rather unique case, in which the uterus was
ruptured by external violence, the fetus being thrown forward
into the abdomen and afterward extracted from an umbilical
abscess.
Birth of the Fetus Enclosed in the Membranes.--Harvey says that
an infant can rest in its membranes several hours after birth
without loss of life. Schurig eventrated a pregnant bitch and her
puppies lived in their membranes half an hour. Wrisberg cites
three observations of infants born closed in their membranes; one
lived seven minutes; the other two nine minutes; all breathed
when the membranes were cut and air admitted. Willoughby recorded
the history of a case which attracted much comment at the time.
It was the birth of twins enclosed in their secundines. The sac
was opened and, together with the afterbirth, was laid over some
hot coals; there was, however, a happy issue, the children
recovering and living. Since Willoughby's time several cases of
similar interest have been noticed, one in a woman of forty, who
had been married sixteen years, and who had had several
pregnancies in her early married life and a recent abortion.
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