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Actions	Pregnancy in a rudimentary horn of a bicornuate uterus. Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.5981 TitlePregnancy in a rudimentary horn of a bicornuate uterus. Creator James Haig (1862-1934) Ferguson DescriptionWet specimen. Pregnancy in a rudimentary horn of a bicornuate uterus. From a nullipara aged 22 years who after three months amenorrhoea had sudden acute abdominal pain which was accompanied by vomiting. Six and a half hours later the abdomen was opened when she was "almost moribund”. Much blood and a four-months foetus and membranes escaped. The ruptured left horn of a bicornuate uterus was removed but death ensued a few hours later. (J. Haig Ferguson. Trans. Edinburgh obstet. soc., I923. XLIII. 58.) The other parts were obtained post mortem and the amputated horn replaced in position. (20.(3).a.1.). Subsequent examination failed to disclose any passage between the pregnant horn and the rest of the uterus. Each horn of the uterus is oval, and the left horn appears dissociated from the single cervix. The fundus of the left horn is ruptured and the left ovary, divided longitudinally, shows a corpus luteum. The membraneous covering of the foetus is partly deficient and the chorionic villi form numerous projecting tufts. See GC.5981a for watercolour of specimen. Production date 1922 Production periodTwentieth century, early Object nameUTERUS, pregnant Object categoryAnatomical, specimen Dimensions Jar Height: 31 cm Width: 26 cm Depth: 9 cm

Object numberGC.5981

TitlePregnancy in a rudimentary horn of a bicornuate uterus.

Creator James Haig (1862-1934) Ferguson

DescriptionWet specimen. Pregnancy in a rudimentary horn of a bicornuate uterus. From a nullipara aged 22 years who after three months amenorrhoea had sudden acute abdominal pain which was accompanied by vomiting. Six and a half hours later the abdomen was opened when she was "almost moribund”. Much blood and a four-months foetus and membranes escaped. The ruptured left horn of a bicornuate uterus was removed but death ensued a few hours later. (J. Haig Ferguson. Trans. Edinburgh obstet. soc., I923. XLIII. 58.) The other parts were obtained post mortem and the amputated horn replaced in position. (20.(3).a.1.). Subsequent examination failed to disclose any passage between the pregnant horn and the rest of the uterus. Each horn of the uterus is oval, and the left horn appears dissociated from the single cervix. The fundus of the left horn is ruptured and the left ovary, divided longitudinally, shows a corpus luteum. The membraneous covering of the foetus is partly deficient and the chorionic villi form numerous projecting tufts. See GC.5981a for watercolour of specimen.

Production date 1922

Production periodTwentieth century, early

Object nameUTERUS, pregnant

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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