The placenta came away piecemeal between May 25th and June 2d.

The wound healed up, and the patient got up on the forty-third day, having suckled her infant from the first day after its birth." Quite recently Werder has investigated the question of the ultimate fate of ectopic children delivered alive.

He has been able to obtain the record of 40 cases.

Of these, 18 died within a week after birth; 5 within a month; 1 died at six months of bronchopneumonia; 1 at seven months of diarrhea; 2 at eleven months, 1 from croup; 1 at eighteen months from cholera infantum--making a total of 26 deaths and leaving 14 children to be accounted for.

Of these, 5 were reported as living and well after operation, with no subsequent report; 1 was strong and healthy after three weeks, but there has been no report since; 1 was well at six months, then was lost sight of; 1 was well at the Last report; 2 live and are well at one year; 2 are living and well at two years; 1 (Beisone's case) is well at seven years; and 1 (Tait's case) is well at fourteen and one-half years.