A system of obstetrics . Hydrocephalic Foetus. The Uterine Cavity Distorted hy Twins. which in ordinary cases place the larger breech at the fundus, now bringthe abnormally enlarged head to the same position. All experienceshows that breech presentations are very common in cases of intra- 566 MECHANISM AND TREATMENT OF LABOR. uterine hydrocephalus; and the reason why they are not far more com-mon is that the hydrocephalic enlargement does not take place, to anymodifying extent, until after the child has become so fixed in its posi-tion that the shifting somersault cannot take place. Fig. 244.
A system of obstetrics . Hydrocephalic Foetus. The Uterine Cavity Distorted hy Twins. which in ordinary cases place the larger breech at the fundus, now bringthe abnormally enlarged head to the same position. All experienceshows that breech presentations are very common in cases of intra- 566 MECHANISM AND TREATMENT OF LABOR. uterine hydrocephalus; and the reason why they are not far more com-mon is that the hydrocephalic enlargement does not take place, to anymodifying extent, until after the child has become so fixed in its posi-tion that the shifting somersault cannot take place. Fig. 244. Fig. 243.
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