Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . s should not be less than threeinches broad, should be made of leather, canvas, or other firmmaterial, and should be applied around the pelvis in the spacebetween the iliac crests and the tiochanters. Relaxation op the Abdominal Walls.—This is most likelyto occur in women who have borne several children, and usuallyonly when the confinements have followed each other with consid-erable rapidity. It gives rise to the malposition known as ante-version of the pregnant uterus, in which the fundus may reach,in extreme eases, a position below the symphysis
Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . s should not be less than threeinches broad, should be made of leather, canvas, or other firmmaterial, and should be applied around the pelvis in the spacebetween the iliac crests and the tiochanters. Relaxation op the Abdominal Walls.—This is most likelyto occur in women who have borne several children, and usuallyonly when the confinements have followed each other with consid-erable rapidity. It gives rise to the malposition known as ante-version of the pregnant uterus, in which the fundus may reach,in extreme eases, a position below the symphysis, or may evenrest upon the thighs, this displacement being rendered possibleby the distention of the tendinous central raph(5 and overlying 4(J J^JtACTICAL MIUW IFEliV. skin, after separation of the recti muscles. It is productive ofmuch fatifjfue and roper bimler, such as is shown in Pi{^. 2. The es-sential iJoints ill the application of this bandaj^e are that it should. Fig. 2.—Binder for Relaxed Walls. be drawn firmly around the pelvis in the space between thetrochanters and iliac crests and that it should be sufficiently highin the back to give firm support in the direction of the dottedlines in the figure. CHAPTER DISEASES IN PREGNANCY. Pregnant women are equally liable with others to many ofthe ordinary diseases which afflict mankind; and since a largeproportion of these diseases are influenced in their clinical courseby pregnancy, or themselves exert an unfortunate influence uponits duration, it is highly necessary that every obstetrician shouldbe equipped with a competent knowledge of the special relationsbetween general disease and the practice of midwifery. The Exanthemata.—Continued high temperature is by itselfunfavorable to the continuance of pregnancy, but the exactamount of effect observed, depends greatly on the individualdisease which is the cause of the pyrexia. Variola.—Small-pox, if mild, is often su
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