E. T. Page, January 10, 1890, about 4
o'clock A.M.; found her in labor and at full time, although she
assured me that her 'time' was six weeks ahead. At 8 o'clock A.M.
I delivered her of a girl baby; I found there were triplets, and
so informed her. At 11 A.M. I delivered her of the second girl,
after having rectified presentation, which was singular, face,
hands, and feet all presented; I placed in proper position and
practised 'version.' This child was 'still-born,' and after
considerable effort by artificial respiration it breathed and
came around 'all right.' The third girl was born at 11.40 A.M.
This was the smallest one of the four. In attempting to take away
the placenta, to my astonishment I found the feet of another
child. At 1 P.M. this one was born; the head of this child got
firmly impacted at the lower strait, and it was with a great deal
of difficulty and much patient effort that it was finally
disengaged; it was blocked by a mass of placenta and cords. The
first child had its own placenta; the second and third had their
placenta; the fourth had also a placenta. They weighed at birth
in the aggregate 19 1/2 pounds without clothing; the first
weighed 6 pounds; the second 5 pounds; the third 4 1/2 pounds;
the fourth 4 pounds.
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