Cases of Fatal Hæmorrhage after Childbirth

On Cranial Stress in the Fœtus during Labour and on the Effects of Excessive Stress on the Intracranial Contents; with an Analysis of Eighty-One Cases of Torn Tentorium Cerebelli and Subdural Cerebral Hæmorrhage *Part of an investigation, undertaken and paid for by the Local Government Board (late), into the "Causation of Fœtal Death."

THE frequent discovery of tears of the dura mater septa associated with subdural cerebral haemorrhage, in foetuses dying during the course of labour, was one of the most striking features of this investigation. Out of 168 fresh foetuses the tentorium cerebelliwas found torn in8i (48 per cent.), associated with tearing of the falx cerebri in five cases and with subdural cerebral haemorrhage in a...

Note on Two Cases of Cerebral Hæmorrhage

Two Cases of Pulmonary Hæmorrhage, Speedily and Successfully Cured by Abstinence from Liquids

Unknown Herbal Poisoning with Fatal Outcome

Background: Herbs can be toxic and may be even life-threatening. The mixture of different plants and herbs made by traditional healer and their canvassing on the street attract general people. Here, we report four cases of severe herbal poisoning. Case presentation: In 2008, four young people rushed to DMC Hospital in the early morning with a history of taking herbal medicine (tonic) on that ni...

A Fatal Case of Eclampsia Associated with Intensive Cerebral Hæmorrhage at the 36th Week of Pregnancy

Ti-ie following case is of interest, as it presents severe lesions which are somewhat different in character from those usually found in eclampsia. The patient, who was a nullipara, aged 27, was admitted to the Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital during the thirtysixth week of pregnancy. Moderate albuminuria of pregnancy had developed fourteen days before admission. This was treated u...