Note 76 — PART II. PREGNANCY. (continued 2)
Reading edition
I say usually, for the duration of gestation is very uncertain. Dr. Reid gives (in The Lancet of July 20th, 1850) an interesting table of the duration of pregnancy. The table comprises 500 cases; out of which numbers, nearly the half terminated in labor in the fortieth and forty-first weeks. The following is the order in which they occurred:
23 cases in the 37th week.
48 „ „ 38th „
81 „ „ 39th „
131 „ „ 40th „
112 „ „ 41st „
63 „ „ 42d „
28 „ „ 43d „
8 „ „ 44th „
6 „ „ 45th „
The above is merely a summary of Dr. Reid’s valuable table.