A plain system of medical practice, adapted to the use of families . LATE II. This plate represents a deformed pelvis, through which itwould be almost impossible to deliver a living child of fullgrowth. a a. The ossa ilia. b b. The ossa pubis. c c. The ossa ischia. d d d. The last lumbar vertebra. e. The projection of the sacrum. //. The sacro iliac symphysis. g. The symphysis of the pubis. h h. The foramen ovale. i i. The branches of the ossa pubis and ischia, which form>he anterior arch of the pubis. k k. The acetabula. The lines indicate the diameters of the superior strait. A A. The ant


A plain system of medical practice, adapted to the use of families . LATE II. This plate represents a deformed pelvis, through which itwould be almost impossible to deliver a living child of fullgrowth. a a. The ossa ilia. b b. The ossa pubis. c c. The ossa ischia. d d d. The last lumbar vertebra. e. The projection of the sacrum. //. The sacro iliac symphysis. g. The symphysis of the pubis. h h. The foramen ovale. i i. The branches of the ossa pubis and ischia, which form>he anterior arch of the pubis. k k. The acetabula. The lines indicate the diameters of the superior strait. A A. The anterior posterior diameter; its natural width•educed to fourteen or fifteen lines, or so many portions, twelvenaking an inch. B B. The transverse diameter; its length in this plate, fournches and ten lines. C C. The distance from the projection of the sacrum to that?)f the margin which answers to the left acetabulum, thirteenines. D D. The distance from the same point of the sacrum to thatif ihe margin which measures to the left acetabulum, twentyints, PLATE III.


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