Obstetrics : the science and the art . ddenlybecome a preternatural one in consequence of the coming on ofhemorrhage, a series of bad fainting fits, convulsions, &c. &c, any ofwhich might establish the indication to proceed at once to the 98 serves to show the situation of the child presenting in thefirst position of the vertex. It may be that this childs head had, in agood measure, occupied the circle of the os uteri before the accident occurred which established the indi-cation to deliver by turning. If thehead had wholly escaped from thecircle, the indication to deliver byturn
Obstetrics : the science and the art . ddenlybecome a preternatural one in consequence of the coming on ofhemorrhage, a series of bad fainting fits, convulsions, &c. &c, any ofwhich might establish the indication to proceed at once to the 98 serves to show the situation of the child presenting in thefirst position of the vertex. It may be that this childs head had, in agood measure, occupied the circle of the os uteri before the accident occurred which established the indi-cation to deliver by turning. If thehead had wholly escaped from thecircle, the indication to deliver byturning must have been consideredwholly set aside in favor of a forcepsoperation; for when the head has onceescaped from the os into the vagina,it cannot be thrust into the wombagain, because the cervix uteri will bythat time have contracted around theneck of the infant. Hence the ruleof practice is to turn and deliver ifthe head be still in the womb; but ifit be ID the vagina, we are to extractit by the foroeps. in fact, if it be. P R E T E RN ATURAL LABOR 505
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