Obstetrics : the science and the art . PELVIC PRESENTATIONS 403 It Fig. off, or the other danger of a too early detachment of the placenta,is easy to draw a considerable loop of itdownwards, by pulling at the yieldingportion, as in Fig. 86. As soon as thefeet are delivered and extended, they, aswell as the body, should be wrapped ina napkin, in order that the skin may notsuffer any injury, and also for the pur-pose of enabling the accoucheur to holdit more firmly, which he could not other-wise do on account of the viscous natureof the substances that adhere to it soonafter it emerges. Fir
Obstetrics : the science and the art . PELVIC PRESENTATIONS 403 It Fig. off, or the other danger of a too early detachment of the placenta,is easy to draw a considerable loop of itdownwards, by pulling at the yieldingportion, as in Fig. 86. As soon as thefeet are delivered and extended, they, aswell as the body, should be wrapped ina napkin, in order that the skin may notsuffer any injury, and also for the pur-pose of enabling the accoucheur to holdit more firmly, which he could not other-wise do on account of the viscous natureof the substances that adhere to it soonafter it emerges. First Position.—In the first positionof the breech, the childs left hip shouldrotate to the left towards the pubis, so asto allow the sacrum to glide down alongthe left ischium, and the right hip to fall into the hollow of the sacrum. Fig. 87 shows this pelvic presentationin siid before rotation, while Fig. 85, above, exhibits the appearanceafter the rotation has taken place. But after the hips are fullydelivered, they recover the obliquity oftheir former situation, and th
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