Ginzburg. Artificial legal miscarriage according to the Peltzer method in case of severe bleeding in pregnant women. (Weekly, 1894, No. 10)

Abstract

The author describes 2 cases of bleeding during pregnancy (5 months and 4 months), where, after unsuccessful attempts to stop the bleeding, he miscarried according to the method proposed by Peltzer. This method, as is known, consists in the fact that glycerin is poured through a catheter inserted a few centimeters between the walls of the uterus and the membranes. (Glycerin, having properties to irritate the mucous membrane of the uterus, acts more surely than water).

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