194 



The Philippine Journal of Science 



1917 



KIautsch(9) saw 10 pregnant cases admitted to the hospital 

 and all the foetuses were born dead, while Schiitz(16) reports 

 that most (75 per cent) of his birth cases were stillborn. All 

 these different observers agree that abortions are very frequent 

 in cholera and that the foetuses are rarely born alive. The fact 

 that pregnant women who survive an attack of cholera later on 

 abort, or that the children when born show any effect of the 

 cholera with which the mother was attacked when pregnant, is 

 contrary to the opinions of Davis (3) and Basil, (l) However, 

 no extensive observations have been made in the present series 

 touching on this point. 



Table II. — Showing fcetal and maternal mortality in pregnant cholera 



patients. 









Months of pregnancy. 







1 





















Total. 



1 





2d. 



3d. 



4th. 



• 



5th. 



6th. 



7th. 



8th. 



9th. 



Patients who aborted: 





















Deaths 



?. 



1 



1 



3 



2 



2 



5 



2 



18 



Recoveries 







4 



1 



4 



3 



1 







6 



19 



Mortality for the mother 























100 



20 



50 



43 



40 



66 



100 



25 



49 



Average percentage for 



the first four months. 





















the second four months, 





















and the ninth month 







44 









60 



25 



49 



Patients who did not abort: 













Deaths 







3 







1 



2 



3 



2 



1 



12 



Recoveries - 



2 



4 



1 



2 



2 



4 



2 







17 



Mortality for the mother 





















-_. per cent- 







43 







33 



50 



43 



60 



100 



42 



Average percentage for 





















the first four months. 





















the second four months. 





















and the ninth month _ 







30 









40 



100 



42 



Sum total for both: 













Total mortality for the 





















mothers per cent.. 



50 



33 



33 



40 



44 



60 



77 



33 



45 



Total mortality for foetus- 





















es -— per cent-. 



50 



66 



66 



80 



78 



60 



77 



88 



71 



Tendency to abort- percent 



50 



42 



33 



70 



55 



30 



55 



90 



56 



.Average percentage of 





















abortions for the first 





















and second periods of 





















the pregnancies 







47 











60 



















All observers seem to agree that the weakness and the toxic con- 

 dition of the mother causes a protracted and irregular delivery, 

 which is more pronounced the longer the period of pregnancy 



