Encyclopædia britannica : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems .. . lewith his left he prefre9 the middle of it downward ;by this means the coccyx is forced backward, andthe lower part of the pelvis is enlarged. By conti-nuing to raife the handle of the lever and to prefsdownits middle or centre, the head of the child is made todefcend into the dilated caWty of the vagina: andthis is commonly effeclcd in a few mfinutes; when theleft hand muft
Encyclopædia britannica : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems .. . lewith his left he prefre9 the middle of it downward ;by this means the coccyx is forced backward, andthe lower part of the pelvis is enlarged. By conti-nuing to raife the handle of the lever and to prefsdownits middle or centre, the head of the child is made todefcend into the dilated caWty of the vagina: andthis is commonly effeclcd in a few mfinutes; when theleft hand muft be applied firmly againft the anus andperinarum, forcing thofe parts upwards and forwardstowards the orifice of the vagina, to prevent laceia-tion ; for which piirpofe alfo the whole operationmull be performed flowly and cautioufly, imitatingas much as poffible a natural labour. We found (add the .ftithors of the paper,) acord fixed round one of the ends of the inllrument,about the middle of the curve. This cord, we ima-gine, ferved no other purpofe than to point out theend of the inftrument commonly made ufe of, or t«incafure the length of the part introduced. END OF THE ELEVENTH VOLUME. ^tj . 24- . Plate CCCIX. ^/A//. /*-,;, //„/?.JU^/^vy^^>^ ,/u) C;^^^f ^-^
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