The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . hich slides themeasuring rod, which is bent atits terminal end into a rightangle. This bent portion is in-tended to enter the urethra in order to touch the internal aspect of the sym-physis. The proximal end is provided with a ring, while the upper surface ofthe rod has a graduated index (Fig. 214). With this pelvimeter the obstetricalconjugate can be measured directly. The steel arms are introduced againstthe promontory, followed by the passing of the measuring rod into the bladder(Fig. 214). 6. Trans
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . hich slides themeasuring rod, which is bent atits terminal end into a rightangle. This bent portion is in-tended to enter the urethra in order to touch the internal aspect of the sym-physis. The proximal end is provided with a ring, while the upper surface ofthe rod has a graduated index (Fig. 214). With this pelvimeter the obstetricalconjugate can be measured directly. The steel arms are introduced againstthe promontory, followed by the passing of the measuring rod into the bladder(Fig. 214). 6. Transverse Diameter of the Inlet (Fig. 216).—Exact measurements of thetransverse diameter of the brim are as yet hardly practicable. The pelvimeter ofSkutsch is an example of what has been done in this direction (Fig. 216).To obtain the transverse diameter at the pelvic inlet with this instrument, thewoman is placed in the dorsal position with her extremities in fingers of the left hand are introduced within the vagina and along the* Gaz. Hebdom. de Med. et Chir., June, 1889. Fig. 213.—Measuring the Height and Thick-ness OF THE Symphysis with the procedure is also useful to determine theamount of engagement of the presenting partor the effect of the uterine contractions in causingdescent of the head or breech. THE EXAMINATION OF PREGNANCY. 173
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