Meaning of after-burden | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“The child neither cried nor seemed to breathe, but he could be given no succour until the womb was freed of its afterburden; and all efforts were centred upon this.”

“But if the after-burden should come first, it must not be put up again by any means; for the infant having no further occasion for it, it would be but an obstacle if it were put up; in this case, it must be cut off, having tied the navel string, and afterwards draw forth the child with all speed that may be, lest it be suffocated.”

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