The Aschheim-Zondek and the Friedman Tests in the Diagnosis of the Life and Death of a Fœtus
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inability to hear foetal heart sounds and on the apparent cessation of growth of the uterus after three examinations carried out at three-weekly intervals. The woman who felt well and was active had not been informed of the suspected death of her child. She felt no foetal movements and the repeated enquiries about the movements from her anxious husband led the young expectant mother to suspect that all was not perhaps well. The patient was advised that unless labour set in naturally within a short
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