ABSTRACT
The terms "recurrent abortion" or "habitual abortion" are usually used to describe the misfortune of consecutive spontaneous abortions or miscarriages. Most spontaneous abortions are believed to be due to defective ova. While some authors reported 80% of successful pregnancies following habitual abortion, using bed rest, vitamins, reassurance, and progesterone injections, other reported 80% success with bed rest, vitamins, and reassurance, without any hormone administration. H. Ohnell cited Westin as having noted a tendency to abortion in guinea pigs, in which scurvy had been produced experimentally. K. R. Baldwin and R. B. Greenblatt described the diagnostic methods used to differentiate the different causes of habitual abortion and mentioned defects in the clotting mechanism among the vascular disorders. Papers by G. Cattaneo et al., P. Antuzzi, and G. G. Cavalluci and C. Guida all described most encouraging results in the treatment of threatened and habitual abortion with vitamin C and bioflavonoid.
