The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . 52.—Double vagina. given. An «*11 m*~111<• ti<•. after all. is tin- mosl valuable medicinal agenl thai wepossess for the relaxation of this as well as of tli<r rigid tissues. The rigidcervix yields at length to the steadypressure of the presenting part, andit is rarely necessary on account ofrigidity alone to resort to artificial dilatation or to In thecourse of a slow dilatation of thecervical canal and external OS theanterior lip of the cervix may becomeincarcerated between the head and thepelvic
The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . 52.—Double vagina. given. An «*11 m*~111<• ti<•. after all. is tin- mosl valuable medicinal agenl thai wepossess for the relaxation of this as well as of tli<r rigid tissues. The rigidcervix yields at length to the steadypressure of the presenting part, andit is rarely necessary on account ofrigidity alone to resort to artificial dilatation or to In thecourse of a slow dilatation of thecervical canal and external OS theanterior lip of the cervix may becomeincarcerated between the head and thepelvic walls. In consequence of thepressure and the disturbance of circu-lation in the part the cervical tissuesrapidly become edematous, and thebulk of the anterior lip becomes sogreat as actually to constitute a me-chanical obstruction to the descent ofthe head. It is usually possible insuch cases to push up the anterior lipover the head and above the sym-physis in the intervals between thepains. If there is hypertrophy ofthe anterior lip in consequence o
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