Case of Retroversion of the Uterus Terminating in Abortion and Death

a well (haped middle fized woman. She was in the 36th year of her age, and the mother of nine children. Having always been healthy during the period of geftation, her ureafinefs on the prefent occafion was the more feverely felt. She had fuflfered under her complaint for many weeks, before file applied for affiftance from medical advice; and, as her circumftances were narrow, delicacy prevented her from incurring expences which fheimight be unable to difcharge. Her fufferings however continuing unremitted, her hufband at length refolved upon applying to