Case of Fibroid of the Uterus, Complicating Pregnancy, and Proving Fatal by Torsion of the Pedicle

Early on the morning of the 7th June last, I visited Mrs G., who supposed herself to be in the fourth month of her first pregnancy. I found she had been slightly ailing for a few days, that on the previous day she had been suffering some abdominal pain, and had repeatedly fainted, and that during the night pain had become constant and severe, with feelings of great tension and sickness. She had an anxious expression, and was unable to rest in any position. There was no fever. The abdomen was greatly distended, and so tender that the