VI CONTENTS. 



Hysteralgia, or irritable uterus - - - - - 28 



Prolapsus uteri ------- 29 



Generation, mode in which it is efFected - - - - - 30 



Changes in the uterus after conception - - - 31 



Deciduous membranes - - - - - - ib. 



Pregnancy, its phenomena and diseases - ... 31 



Measurements of the gravid uterus - - - - - 32 



Changes in the uterus during gestation .... 33 



Signs of Pregnancy . , . - . . . - 34 



Rational signs .--.-.- ib. 



Sensible signs- - - - - - - - ib. 



Ballottement — Auscultation - ... - 35 



Tabular view of the signs of pregnancy during gestation - - 36 



Development of the Fcetus ------ 38 



Germinal membrane - - - - - - - ib. 



Umbilical vesicle - - - . - - - ib. 

 Allantois ...----- ib. 



Amnion, formation of ------ 39 



The chorion -------- 40 



The placenta, mode of formation and uses - - -40,41 



The umbilical cord — Battledore placenta - - - - 41 



Development of different parts of embryo - - . - 42 



Duration of pregnancy • - - - - - 43 



Extra-uterine pregnancy, varieties of - - - - 44 



Foetal circulation - - - - - - - 45 



Premature Expulsion of the Fcetus - - - - - 46 



Tampon, construction and mode of application - - - 47 



Pathology of the Fcetus, and Signs of its Death - - - 48 



Retroversion of the Uterus - - - - - - 49 



Labour, definition of — Cause .-.--- 50 



Classification of labours — General features and symptoms of - - 51 



Stages of Labour -...-.. 53 



Bag of waters - - - - - - - 54 



Presentations and Positions ------ 57 



Diagnosis of presentations - - . - - - 58 



Mechanism of Labour ...... ib. 



Vertex presentations - - - - - - - 59 



Occipito-anterior — Occipito-posterior positions - - - ib. 



Cause of greater frequency of vertex presentations - - - ib. 



Flexion — Rotation - - - - - - 60 



Extension — Restitution - - - - - - 61 



Mechanism of second position . . - . . ib. 



third and fourth position - . - - 62 



fifth and sixth position . . - . 63 



Conduct or a Labour - - - - - - - 64 



