The Use of Barnes's Dilators in the Treatment of Complete Placenta Prævia. With Two Illustrative Cases

Advantages of Placenta as a Source for Mass Production of HLA-Antisera

Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) of fetus are responsible for induction of HLA antibodies in mother. Exposure to the mismatched paternal HLA antigens in the fetus gives rise to a polyclonal antibody response against paternal HLA antigens. HLA antibodies are present in the maternal circulation of the placenta and are absorbed onto the placenta [1]. The major source of HLA antisera is from sera of ...

Notes of a Case of Partial Placenta Prævia

My only reason for troubling the Society with a brief note of this case, is the peculiar interest attached to all cases of haemorrhage, as well as the comparative rarity of instances where the placenta forms the presentation (1 in 500). In dealing with such cases, we must recollect (although a disputed question) that the haemorrhage must be, to some extent, unavoidable, owing to the progressive...

Review of Forty Cases of Placenta Prævia Treated in the Eden Hospital, Calcutta, with Suggestions for the Improvement of Results

Case of Accidental Hæmorrhage

patient in connexion with the Royal Maternity Hospital, and was about the fifth month of her tenth pregnancy. When he, Dr M., was called to see her, about two o'clock a.m., he found the amount of blood lost had been enormous, the whole of the mattress and the bedclothes being drenched. There was no history of injury nor fall, the only possible cause for the separation of the placenta being that...

Treatment of Open Tibial Fractures: Convert-ing or Continuing External Fixation?

Background: The treatment of open tibial fractures is still an orthopaedic challenge and full of complications. In many cases the use of external fixator that has been known as a non-union machine is obligatory with a high incidence of pin track infection and other complications. The aim of this study was to compare the use of external fixation as a definite method for treatment of open tibial ...