The Treatment of Placenta Prævia *Read 14th January 1925.

The Treatment of Placenta Prævia *Read at a Meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, 13th January 1937.

On 14th January 1925, exactly twelve years ago, this Society held a very memorable discussion on " The Treatment of Placenta Praevia." The occasion was of such importance that Professors Louise Mcllroy, J. M. Munro Kerr and R. G. McKerron had been invited to attend and express their views. The opening paper had been prepared by Professor B. P. Watson and our President, and was based on a series of

The Diagnosis of Placenta Prævia with Special Reference to the Employment of X-Rays for This Purpose

satisfactory manner possible. It is more especially with the diagnosis we are concerned, and it is our intention to keep strictly to this specific aspect of the subject. To indicate, however, the gravity of the condition we would mention that according to the returns of the Registrar-General in England and Wales as contained in the Statistical Reviezu, there were in 1925-30 inclusive, 973 death...

A Case of Concealed Hæmorrhage with Placenta Prævia *Read 12th May 1926.

Case.?A primigravida, aged 20, was admitted to the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital on 27th June 1925. Her confinement was due on 8th August, and she was therefore at the end of the eighth month of pregnancy. There was a history of headaches having been present for some time before admission, but otherwise her health during and before pregnancy had been good. Pains, which were possibly labour...

The Use of Barnes's Dilators in the Treatment of Complete Placenta Prævia. With Two Illustrative Cases

The Clinical Aspect of Placenta Prævia and Its Management in Indian Conditions *Being a paper read at the First All-India Congress of Obstetricians held in Madras in January last.

By J. CHAKRAVERTI, m.b. (Cal.), m.c.o.g. Associate Professor oj Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Carrnichael Medical College, Calcutta; Visiting Surgeon, Chittaranjan Seva Sadan, Calcutta; Honorary Visiting Gynaecologist, General Hospitals, Howrah, Calcutta A placenta is called ' prsevia' when it is attached partly or wholly to the dilating zone of the uterus, viz, in the lower uterine segment. The ...