The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . abdomen while the fingers of the internal hand continue to exert trac-tion, as those of the external do upon the shoulders. As the face emerges over theperineum the shoulder hand must leave the shoulders and protect the perineum bydrawing the vulval tissues backward and toward the median line and by prevent-ing sudden expulsion of the forehead. This method of traction is inferior to thefollowing, also recommended by Smellie, because the fingers on the face of the childcannot secure a firm grasp upon th
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . abdomen while the fingers of the internal hand continue to exert trac-tion, as those of the external do upon the shoulders. As the face emerges over theperineum the shoulder hand must leave the shoulders and protect the perineum bydrawing the vulval tissues backward and toward the median line and by prevent-ing sudden expulsion of the forehead. This method of traction is inferior to thefollowing, also recommended by Smellie, because the fingers on the face of the childcannot secure a firm grasp upon the slippery skin for traction. It was suggestedby him as avoiding danger to the jaw, which the Smellie-Veit method Jaw-and-shoulder Traction, or Method of Smellie-Veit or MauriceauMethod (Fig. 1196).—This manoeuver differs from the last only in that traction isapplied by the index-finger in the mouth instead of by two fingers upon the affords a far more effectual grasp upon the face. Great care is necessary lestthe lower jaw be injured by the use of excessive ^/
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