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born child. In addition to the sounds of tlie footal heart, there is also 



he '; ;^u;r:-ft" f '""'^r' 't\^ ^^^^^^^ '^^ ^^-^^ ^^'-^^ pissin" rough 



the greatly er.larged vessels of the uterus, particularly at the part to 

 which the placenta is attached ; it is an intermittent whirling' sound 

 eard at an early period of pregnancy, and usually regarded as one of 

 Its nost unequivocal signs. There is, in addition, the v>dli^^,a ^ the 



Teftru "T;'"-^"''r^"'-^'^''"r^ •" ^^^^^'" ^-ourai/e ;o^;-:4 tf 



the fa-tus It IS synchronous with the foetal pulsations. 



m the larger animals, auscultation of tlie abdomen for the nurnose of 

 aiscovenng the existence of these sounds is very ofU-n unSessfuf 

 because of the intestinal walls, the rumblings and noises c7 the Tntes 

 tines, and those of the rumen in the Cow, the large "Entity of amniS 

 hnd the position of the fa.tus, etc., which entirely ^mask the W f of 

 the fo-tal heart ; so that it is seldom, if ever, resorted to. Lafosse and 

 resS 7"r' ^T '"T'"'^^ '^ ''' ^"^^ apparently with saisf actor 



Dre^naL fhn, I V, /''^ distinctly in Cows which were six months 

 rauscul'taUon^ FM?' ° '""Ti}' '^"' ^^^^Y <^-rnn.t always be perceived 

 these fa tir he.;. iV '"""" ^'.'^^^•^^^"•^^"ti^^ns that he has offen heard 

 Cow bdn^^ "^''"'^ ^'•^^'" ^ '^ ':' i^^ P'^'- ^"'""te, those of the 



the mothi^ ll i.''";^^^^^^ byth^ «tate of 



inc mothei s health ; he acknowledges that they cannot be heard in 



teTl^osco rii^'tr'"- ?r'T-'^ ^'^ ^"'^^ P^^^--«'- ^aale, utg t^ 

 frc r;3l "i ir '"'^'^' V^'^'. ''^"^^"' ^" ^'•^"^ ^"^ ^ ^'"J« a^>«ve the crural 



hS week mi to r ""L"^'' ^u ^f ^'\^-^ '^" ^^^'^^^ ''^^^^ f''^"' ^^'^ ^wenty- 



hlth %\eek up to two hours before birth ; though he was certain from 



heir distinctness, that they might have been heard earlier in nm be 



thc^y varied from 12G to 128 per minute, the mother's pulse being 6M 



80^n1r''^an^d''7''h'' '"^ '''^'''' ^^'' "^^^ succeeded in detecting these 

 vr^rnlntV-il kTk "" Trf^ occasions practised auscultation on 

 pregnant Mares, but have failed to distinguish the fa-tal pulsations. 



shouM nrrh/' "'' '"^f^f" V^>' as suggested by M. Trasbot, the uterus 



or ra he, '.? r ^'''^.''^'•' '^^^^'"'^^^ ^^y ^ long special stethoscope 



-or rathe. ' metroscope "-introduced by the vagina, its wide end 



^o^L L K . ^ surrounding the fa.tus being good conductors of 

 sound, the beats of its heart should be distinctly heard, if it is alive 

 IZ^W in f^"' -«°,- .1^20. and Verardini, fn 1871 have spoken 

 spS ^'^/r«-rai7nea^ auscultation in the human 



ceived hr^ in th f" '^-'^/^r 'u' '^^'"« '^^ pregnancy, it will be per- 



f^an sunoo^iHrn V^^ ^f "°^^ '^'' condition, there is but little more 

 henhvT.l 1 ^^,,^^''l^."«..t»'^ presun.ptions becoming stronger as 

 the phjMca and other indications are more marked. It is onlv how- 

 ever, towards the middle period, when all the rational and ;hv8?cal 



^^1^^""'' r' "'^" ^'" ^°^^'^^°" -^ ^'-* "^«-« has beenscer 

 alirm wkhr .?. ^.^'P^T'"''^ mana,-uvre8 above described, that we can 

 wLn ; 1 w u^"" '^^"*^^'' ""^ ^"■°"' ^^^ existence of pregnancy. And 



ha th .'^^^ l'>-^"''' '° P"""""'^ ^' *^'« '*'^«^' '' '« ^^*» t'^ remember 

 hat this condition may exist without being accompanied by very 

 evident signs, and that a hasty conclusion must not be drawn When 

 for instance, some rational signs present give rise to the presumption 



