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Medical term on hospital records
« on: Monday 27 December 10 01:46 GMT (UK) »
Hi

One of my female relatives went to hospital in 1901 suffering from 'Retamea Placinta.

I had trouble reading what it said but I think this is the most accurate. I can't find this term anywhere in medical dictionaries. Possibly the second word is actually placenta.

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Steve

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Re: Medical term on hospital records
« Reply #1 on: Monday 27 December 10 01:49 GMT (UK) »
Possibly 'Retained Placenta'.

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Re: Medical term on hospital records
« Reply #2 on: Monday 27 December 10 01:57 GMT (UK) »
this would definitely be 'retained placenta'

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Re: Medical term on hospital records
« Reply #3 on: Monday 27 December 10 03:19 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for your help.
She did have a child the year before, probbly only a few moths earlier.

Steve


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Re: Medical term on hospital records
« Reply #4 on: Monday 27 December 10 15:47 GMT (UK) »
Not usual to have a retained placenta for a long time, that could have killed her eventually.  My guess is that she had a stillbirth at home, which wouldn't have been registered and then she had a retained placenta.  That's probably why you think she had a child a year before Steve. Modfied I meant the fact that a stillbirth wouldn't be registered is why you probably thought it was related to a birth a year previously.

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Re: Medical term on hospital records
« Reply #5 on: Monday 27 December 10 16:13 GMT (UK) »
 :) yes I would say retained placenta
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