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slender cord Flooding abundantly; had
been for an hour or more; had fainted
pulse exceeding faint most gone; cold
yawning restless os uteri very patulous
By pushing down uterus thro' abdominal
parietes with one hand, I cd pass the index
of the other to fundus uteri, I hook the placenta
pull at it with index & thumb; it was finely
adherent I removed a good deal of it
left some; introduced tampon; used cold
applications over hypogastrium & vulva, & gave
infus ergot Arrested the flow thus, & she
revived