An abridgment of Mr Heath's translation of Baudelocque's midwifery . he os pubis.\, 1, The angle of the os pubis. m, m, The pofterior extremity of the os pubis,which makes part of the acetabulum. n, n, The defcending branch of the os pubis, whichunites with that of the ifchium. D, D, D, The os sacrwn. i, 2, 3, 4, The anterior facral , 0, o, The bafe of , p, The fides of the facrunuq, The point of thcfacrum. E, The coccyx. F, The laft lumbar vertebra. r, r, The tranfverfe apophyfes of that •vertebra. s, s, The ligament which goes from the tranfverfeapophyfis of the laft verteb
An abridgment of Mr Heath's translation of Baudelocque's midwifery . he os pubis.\, 1, The angle of the os pubis. m, m, The pofterior extremity of the os pubis,which makes part of the acetabulum. n, n, The defcending branch of the os pubis, whichunites with that of the ifchium. D, D, D, The os sacrwn. i, 2, 3, 4, The anterior facral , 0, o, The bafe of , p, The fides of the facrunuq, The point of thcfacrum. E, The coccyx. F, The laft lumbar vertebra. r, r, The tranfverfe apophyfes of that •vertebra. s, s, The ligament which goes from the tranfverfeapophyfis of the laft vertebra to the angle of the inter-nal lip of the crista of the os ilium, indicated by theletters f, f. t, t, Another ligament which defcends from thofefame apophyses to the fuperior edge of the facro-iliacsymphyfes. G, G, The femur, Or thigh bone. V, V, The head of the femur received in the aceta-bulum. u, u, The foramina ovalia. Symphyfes of the Bones of the , The fymphyfcs of the offa , I, The facro-iliac , The facro-vertebral fymphyfis Of. OF THE SEPARATION OF THE BONES. 25 Of the Separation of the Bones of the Pelvis in La-bour. 53. HOWEVER firmly the ossa innominata andthe sacrum are united together—however numerousthe means which nature has employed to give thisaffemblage the (lability neceffary for the free exercifeof the motions of the trunk and inferior extremities,of which it is in fome fort the centre—their symphy-ses may neverthelefs be relaxed and weakened to fucha degree, as to allow an apparent mobility ; they mayyield to the impulfe of external agents; even by theefforts of labour they may extend, or tear, and per-mit the bones to feparate; which in either cafe mightfeem necelfarily to procure a greater capacity in thepelvis^ and give an eafier paffage to the child: fuch infact is the opinion of the greater part of thofe whohave written on the art of midwifery for thefe twothoufand years. The divine wifdom, which prefidesover all thing
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