A manual of practical obstetrics . Introduction of second blade. taking a handle in each hand, by slight adjusting movementsgets both blades on a proper level, the lock slips into position, 11* 250 INSTRUMENTS, FORCEPS, ETC and the instrument is ready for traction. In forceps, likeHodges, having a screw lock, the screw must be tightenedbefore performing traction. In applying rhp forppps, propppdonly between the pains : in jisincr traction, only during thepains. In drawing out the head by traction, avoid haste a~h(T Fig. Lifting handles to follow extension. violent pulling (unless imperat
A manual of practical obstetrics . Introduction of second blade. taking a handle in each hand, by slight adjusting movementsgets both blades on a proper level, the lock slips into position, 11* 250 INSTRUMENTS, FORCEPS, ETC and the instrument is ready for traction. In forceps, likeHodges, having a screw lock, the screw must be tightenedbefore performing traction. In applying rhp forppps, propppdonly between the pains : in jisincr traction, only during thepains. In drawing out the head by traction, avoid haste a~h(T Fig. Lifting handles to follow extension. violent pulling (unless imperatively required); draw by thestrength of the hands and arms, not by hanging the weight ofthe body on the instrument; direct traction in a line with theaxis of the pelvis. While one hand grasps the handles letthe other grasp the Luck, and rest the tip of its index-finger APPLICATION OF FORCEPS. 251 against the occiput to guard against the head slipping out ofthe blades; in resting from traction-efforts between the pains,see that the handles are not held tightly together, so as tomake continwus compression, by the blades, upon the the handles down, so that traction is made about in ahorizontal line, until the occipital end of the occipito-mentaldiameter is beginning to escape under the pubic arch, thengradually lift them up, in a line with the axis of the outlet,toward the mons veneris, in order that extension of theocciput up in front of the pubic symphysis may take place(Fig. 105, page 250). Watch the perineu
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