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Excerpt from On Severe Vomiting During Pregnancy: A Collection and Analysis of Cases With Remarks on Treatment
The difficulty in explaining the occurrence of that severe form of Vomiting liable to be associated With Pregnancy has hitherto proved to be considerable. Yet the solution of the difficulty must be considered as one of great importance in view of the facts that (1)the malady is not seldom grievous in its effects, interfering With the proper nutrition of the body by cutting off the due supply of food, and giving rise to discomforts and disabilities of various kinds; (2) That it is, sometimes, even fatal to the patient (3) That it occasionally renders it necessary to put an end to the life of the unborn child in order to save the life of the mother (4) That this latter object is not always, even then, attained, the operation for destruo tion and removal of the child being by no means free from danger to the mother; (5) That even when the pregnancy is brought to an end, and the immediate effects of the Operation recovered from, the patient is liable to fall a victim to disease, presumably eu gendered by the protracted starvation and feebleness, results of the long-continued vomiting. The basis of the following Essay was a paper submitted by the Author two years ago to the American Gynecological Society. It contains a col lection, mostly in abstract, of authenticated cases of severe vomiting during pregnancy which have been recorded by various authorities during the last twenty or five-and-twenty years, the object being to arrange the data and cases available in such a form as to facilitate sound deductions in reference to the nature and treatment of the affection. As re gards the cases given in abstract, great care has been taken to offer an accurate and unprejudiced account of them. Cases in which the condition of the uterus was not observed or not described are, as a rule, omitted. Certain conclusions regarding the nature and cause of severe vomiting during pregnancy seem to be deducible from analysis of the cases and observa tions here brought together. The Author ventures to express his belief that these conclusions are in agreement with the natural history of the affection as illustrated by recited cases, and that they will be found to be justified by the success of methods of treatment based upon them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
