Vomiting of pregnant women, salivation, hysteria

Abstract

Author, while partially agreeing with Kaltenbach's view that vomiting of pregnant women is often a consequence of hysteria, he cites cases where this connection apparently does not exist. So out of 5 cases of severe diseases of pregnant women observed by him, in two vomiting and salivation were complications of local diseases of the stomach, part of the peritoneum, two cases belonged to hysterical individuals, and, finally, one case cannot be attributed to one or the other category.

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