Excerpt from Encyclopaedia Medica, Vol. 10: Pregnancy to Scarlet Fever The symptom known as hydrorrhoea gravidarum is due in some cases to a catarrhal in ammation of the glandular elements of the decidua following a chronic catarrhal endometritis affecting the epithelial linings of the uterine glands. Fluid containing mucus is secreted in excess, and accumulates between the decidua and the chorion. It may escape either in gushes or by a slow dribbling during the later months of pregnancy. This condition must not be confused with gradual escape of the liquor amnii, nor with cases in which this uid collects between the amnion and the chorion, escaping suddenly on rupture of the latter membrane. 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."