Any strenuous physical effort must be guarded
against. Included in such efforts may be the following: dancing, running,
jumping, surf-bathing, sewing on a machine, sweeping, washing, house-cleaning,
moving furniture, etc.
Sometimes the primary cause of a miscarriage is
to be found in some hygienic act, such as a hot bath, too prolonged or too many
hot douches near the menstrual periods. A blow or a fall, even a fright or
shock may cause a miscarriage. Anything that violently shakes or agitates the womb,
which may at this time be irritable because of its condition, will be
sufficient to excite it to contract and miscarry.
Hence violent coughing or vomiting should be
avoided if possible; horseback riding, jolting in a carriage, convulsions,
hysterical crying, may also be the causative factors.
Displacement of the womb by limiting its tendency
to grow when pregnant may cause it to miscarry. Very severe general diseases
such as small-pox, pneumonia, etc., will cause the womb to empty itself.
Disease of the fetus or the presence of syphilis in either of the parents will
also have the same result.
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