| Abstrakt: |
Cancer complicating pregnancy and labor is of such rarity and the calamity of such a complication is so grave that it excites the deepest interest and attention.De Lee and Hirst, each quoting the statistics of Sarwey and Kerr cite twenty-six cases occurring in fifty-seven thousand pregnancies, or approximately once in every two thousand pregnancies. This ratio is accepted by Edgar, Williams, Ashton and others. De Lee also cites a series of fifteen thousand consecutive maternity cases occurring in the Chicago Lying-In Hospital with only one case of cancer of the uterus arising as a complication. Since these patients were of the usual social standing of the average private practice he thinks this is a fair estimation for such an occurrence in private practice. It is evident by referring to the statements of such standard authors that the condition is more often seen in the cases in the charity wards |
