. A set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery : with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases. s cbnfecjueftces, the life t the mother. For, by the imprudent nle ol the fbr- . much more h inn may be done than good. m of Table \\ the Preface to Vol. II. with tlv lec- tion on that lubjrel. C. The blunt hook, wliieh is me€ for i!purpofes. Firjl, To afhfr the extraction of the head .if(< ithe Cranium is opened with the (ciflars, by in-troducing th<*. (mall end along the ear on the out-fide of the head to above
. A set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery : with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases. s cbnfecjueftces, the life t the mother. For, by the imprudent nle ol the fbr- . much more h inn may be done than good. m of Table \\ the Preface to Vol. II. with tlv lec- tion on that lubjrel. C. The blunt hook, wliieh is me€ for i!purpofes. Firjl, To afhfr the extraction of the head .if(< ithe Cranium is opened with the (ciflars, by in-troducing th<*. (mall end along the ear on the out-fide of the head to above the under jaw, wherethe. point is to be fixed ; the other extremity of thehook being hdd with one hand, whilll two fin-gers of the other are to be introduced into theforefaid opening, by which holds the headbe gradually extracted. Secondly, The frnall end is ufeful in abortionsin any of the firfl four or five months, to hookdown the Sccundmes, when lying loole in theUterus, when the patient is much Weakened byfloodings from the too long retention of the fame,the pains alfo being unable to expel them, andwhen they cannot be extracted with the fingers. But V VIM. ivrrii EXPLANATIONS, Sec. 77 But if the Placenta flill adheres, it is- dangerousto ufe this or any other inftrument to extract thefame, as it ought to be left until it fcparates nat-urally. If a fmall part of the Secundincs is pro-truded through the Os Uteri, and pulled awayfrom what ftill adheres in the Uterus, the mouthof the Womb contracts, and that irritation is there-by removed which would have continued the pains,and have feparated and difcharged the , The large hook at the other end is ufe-ful to amft the extraction of the body, when thebreech prefents, but mould be ufed with greatcaution, to avoid the diflocation or fraclure ofthe thigh. N. B. The fmall extremity of the hook can nev-er be employed without danger to the mother inthe former cafe ; nor the large hook without haz-ard of deftroying the
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