Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . which result from the ability of crushing the base of the skull, they areincontestable, but we believe that by pushing the blades in deeply enough,the before-coming head may be grasped sufficiently to enable us to crushit thoroughly. In very contracted pelves, it is to Pajots method of re-peated cephalotripsy to which we shonld have recourse, remembering thepoint on which Pajot insists, that after each act the head should be placedin a different position, so that the instrument may grasp it add version to these repeated cephalotripsies i


Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . which result from the ability of crushing the base of the skull, they areincontestable, but we believe that by pushing the blades in deeply enough,the before-coming head may be grasped sufficiently to enable us to crushit thoroughly. In very contracted pelves, it is to Pajots method of re-peated cephalotripsy to which we shonld have recourse, remembering thepoint on which Pajot insists, that after each act the head should be placedin a different position, so that the instrument may grasp it add version to these repeated cephalotripsies in pelves measuringfrom to 2 inches, seems to us to act directly contrary to our aim, thesuccor of the mother. 260 A TREATISE ON OBSTETRICS. III. Craxioclasty. Devised by Simpson in 1860, the cranioclast is in reality a bone-forceps.[The luinie craniotractor, suggested by Mundt, is peculiarly appropriate,since it describes the action of the instrument exactly,—Ed.] The instrument is composed of two blades, (Fig. 157), the one smooth.


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