The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . s advance. When this occurs, the fetus may be raised slightly and thebreech pushed over the pelvic inlet and held in that situation until it has manceuver may be executed by external abdominal manipulation or by twofingers in the vagina or by the two combined. (B) ARREST OF THE BREECH AT THE INLET. This may be due to contraction or deformity of the pelvis or to unusual sizeofjj^the fetus. At times the obstacle may be overcome by simple pressure uponthe fundus. If this fails breech extracti
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . s advance. When this occurs, the fetus may be raised slightly and thebreech pushed over the pelvic inlet and held in that situation until it has manceuver may be executed by external abdominal manipulation or by twofingers in the vagina or by the two combined. (B) ARREST OF THE BREECH AT THE INLET. This may be due to contraction or deformity of the pelvis or to unusual sizeofjj^the fetus. At times the obstacle may be overcome by simple pressure uponthe fundus. If this fails breech extraction may be demanded for the following BREECH EXTRACTION. 969 indications: on the part of the mother: (i) Exhaustion from prolonged efforts atexpulsion, (2) severe hemorrhage, (3) rise of temperature, (4) convulsions, (5) prolonged compression of the soft parts(6) varicosities or oedema of the exter-nal genitals. Indications on the part ofi the fetus are: (i) Commencing as- phyxia, shown by increased rapidityand later slowness and irregularity ofi the fetal heart; (2) prolapse of the
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