PMID: 11640102Jan 1, 1990Paper

De octimestri partu and pathology of the last trimester of pregnancy

Medicina nei secoli
L R Angeletti

Abstract

The Hippocratic treatise De Octimestri Partu has been transmitted in two separate parts, regarding deliveries at the seventh month and eighth month, respectively. The thesis is that fetuses delivered after the seven month of pregnancy survive, whereas after eighth month not. The explanation given that during the eighth month a sickness of the mother damages the fetus, so that he cannot survive suffering of delivery. The analysis of the text evidences that two different terms, e.g. [Greek] and [Greek], have been used, the first one associated to pathological events, the second to sufferings for delivery. The unfavourable prognosis for the disease of the eighth month is due to a sickness of the mother during the 6th quarantine: terms used put forth the opinion that the disease is due to hemodynamic changes. Epidemiological research on the current pathology of the last trimester of pregnancy shows a performance of cesarean section ranging between 18% (national average) and 90% (eclampsia in main hospitals). The only deadly condition which occurs during the eighth month seems to be gravidic hypertension or mild preeclampsia, conditions which do not allow the fetus to reach the ninth month when cesarean section was not available. Th...Continue Reading

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