A textbook of obstetrics . is. Scoliosis. Kyphoscoliosis. Lordosis. ANOMALIES DUE TO DISEASE OF SUBJACENT SKELETON. Coxalgia. Luxation of one femur. Luxation of both femora. Unilateral or bilateral club-foot. Absence or bowing of one or of both lower extremities. Diagnosis of Pelvic Anomalies ; Pelvimetry.—Deformities of thefemale pelvis may be detected by the history of the patient, byher appearance, by palpation of the exterior and interior of thepelvis, and by external and internal measurements of thosepelvic diameters that are accessible, or of salient points on thewomans body correspondin
A textbook of obstetrics . is. Scoliosis. Kyphoscoliosis. Lordosis. ANOMALIES DUE TO DISEASE OF SUBJACENT SKELETON. Coxalgia. Luxation of one femur. Luxation of both femora. Unilateral or bilateral club-foot. Absence or bowing of one or of both lower extremities. Diagnosis of Pelvic Anomalies ; Pelvimetry.—Deformities of thefemale pelvis may be detected by the history of the patient, byher appearance, by palpation of the exterior and interior of thepelvis, and by external and internal measurements of thosepelvic diameters that are accessible, or of salient points on thewomans body corresponding as nearly as possible with theinternal measurements desired, the relations between the twolast having been ascertained by many observations on dead andliving bodies. For taking pelvic measurements the examinersfingers, a tape-measure, and a modified mathematicians calipers—a pelvimeter—are usually employed. Baudelocque (1775was the first to devise the pelvimeter in ordinal)- use. He laid 410 THE PATHOLOGY OF LABOR,. Fig. 264.—Osianders pelvimeter.
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