A textbook of obstetrics . means an infallible one. It is oftenabsent altogether in early pregnane)-,and I have frequently noted its entireabsence at term. There are, more-oxer, other conditions than pregnancyerethism, pelvic tumors, intense con-Even if the blue discoloration is notvisible, one may always notice in the later months a transforma-tion of the pink color of the mucous membrane of the introitusinto a bright scarlet. Signs Appreciated by the Sense of Touch.—. Xbdominal Palpa-tio)!.— By this method are learned the size and shape of theUterus, and after the sixth month the fetal back,
A textbook of obstetrics . means an infallible one. It is oftenabsent altogether in early pregnane)-,and I have frequently noted its entireabsence at term. There are, more-oxer, other conditions than pregnancyerethism, pelvic tumors, intense con-Even if the blue discoloration is notvisible, one may always notice in the later months a transforma-tion of the pink color of the mucous membrane of the introitusinto a bright scarlet. Signs Appreciated by the Sense of Touch.—. Xbdominal Palpa-tio)!.— By this method are learned the size and shape of theUterus, and after the sixth month the fetal back, head, and ex-tremities may be By placing the outstretched hand overtlie fundus, tin. intermittent uterine contractions, to which atten- Fig. 143.—Linea nigra, visibleonly below the umbilicus. which can give rise to itgestion of the pelvis. 1 Tr. Am. Gyn. Soc,Boston Med. and Surg, four . vol. 886, p 100. Sec aKo Farlow, The Labor. For a more extended description of abdominal palpation see Mechanism of PLATE
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