Excerpt from The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, Vol. 84: July to December, 1887 As is well known, the term abortion is applied by some, rather in a restricted sense, to expulsion of the ovum in the first two or three months of pregnancy, before the placenta is formed, while if such a condition occurs at any time between this period and the seventh month it is called a miscarriage; but on the present occasion I must be understood as using the terms abortion and miscarriage as synonymous, and as including all those cases in which pregnancy is brought to a termination before the child is viable - that is. 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.