in the period from may, 1973 to april, 1974, one hundred patients were trea ted for incomple te abortion at the ]ahanshah saleh hospital in tehran, iran. patients admitted to th e hospital were from 4 to 28 weeks' gestation and were routinely administered analgestics before the abortion was completed by d&c.; the d&c; took about 10 minutes and the patient was usually able to go home that same d...