[111] Principles of Midwifery, p. 547.
[112] Baudelocque, tome i. p. 115; Fodere, ii. p. 17; Marc, Dict. de Méd., i. p. 228; Montgomery, Signs of Pregnancy, p. 578; Devergie, Méd. Légale, i. p. 244.
[113] Ryan, p. 267; Tardieu, loc. cit.
[114] Clarke, Trans. of Soc. for Impr. of Med.-Chir. Knowledge, iii. p. 290; Baudelocque, i. p. 123, note; Leroux, Traité des Pertes, Obs. xiii. p. 25; Montgomery, loc. cit., p. 618.
[115] Gardner, of New York, note to Tyler Smith’s Lectures on Obstetrics, p. 203.
[116] Am. Journ. of the Med. Sciences, April, 1859. In the instance referred to, the cervix had been deeply and extensively lacerated, forceps having been used in four previous labors; while depressions existing between the old cicatrices and half filled and ragged with clots, were decidedly suggestive of punctured wounds. The true nature of the case was rendered evident by its past history, and corroborated by the fact that the patient was a Catholic; the latter being a point to which I am inclined to attach much importance, for reasons already given.
[117] Practical Treatise, p. 275.
[118] Ryan, Med. Jurisprudence, p. 282.
[119] Roscoe, Law of Evidence, 242.
[120] Archbold, Crim. Pleading, 491; 1 Hale, 455.