Excerpt from Extra-Uterine Pregnancy: Its Causes, Species, Pathological Anatomy, Clinical History, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment Although extra-uterine pregnancy has attracted a great deal of attention, and the serial literature of our profession is rich in the records Of individual experience, the natural his tory of the accident is not generally understood, while there is much difference of opinion in regard to methods of treat ment. The personal experience of the author having taught him these facts, it occurred to him that the examination of a large number of recorded cases of misplaced pregnancy might lead to valuable results. He accordingly collected five hun dred cases from various sources, and this work is based upon an analysis Of these. The results Of this investigation are now presented to the profession with the hope that they may lead to more certainty in the diagnosis and treatment of this accident. 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.