Excerpt from The Eclectic Repertory, and Analytical Review, Vol. 11: Medical and Philosophical; January, 1821 Observations on the Hour Glass Contraction of the Uterus By John C Douglas, M. D. On the Necessity of Caution in the Estimation of Symptoms in the last Stage of some diseases By Sir Henry Halford Bart. M. D. F. R. S. Case of Death by Poison, wherein impregnation had taken place, and the Ovum was detained in the Ovary, with an Engraving. By Edward Stanley, Assistant Surgeon Ste. Sec. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.