after-burden

plural after-burdens

1. alternativeAlternative form of afterburthen.

   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.

   1937, Alan Frank Guttmacher -, Into this Universe: The Story of Human Birth, page 15

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   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.

   1860, The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher, →ISBN