A text-book of practical obstetrics, comprising pregnancy, labor, and the puerpal state, and obstetric surgery . Presentation of the Vertex. Left Occiput Presentation of the Vertex. Right Occiput Posterior. MECHANISM OF LABOR. 109 ficult of all to deal with. This will be fully discussed in speak-ing of the clinical course of abnormal labor. (Plate XXI.) R. 0. P. Position {Occiput to the Right and Posterior).—On palpation, the back of the foetus being posterior, the handsmust penetrate deeply, in order to determine the greatest resist-ance, which is along the right lateral segment o
A text-book of practical obstetrics, comprising pregnancy, labor, and the puerpal state, and obstetric surgery . Presentation of the Vertex. Left Occiput Presentation of the Vertex. Right Occiput Posterior. MECHANISM OF LABOR. 109 ficult of all to deal with. This will be fully discussed in speak-ing of the clinical course of abnormal labor. (Plate XXI.) R. 0. P. Position {Occiput to the Right and Posterior).—On palpation, the back of the foetus being posterior, the handsmust penetrate deeply, in order to determine the greatest resist-ance, which is along the right lateral segment of the uterus andposterior. The breech is found in the upper right segment ofthe uterus, but again at a deeper level than in case of R. O. small parts of the foetus are determined in the left uppersegment of the uterus, nearer the mid-line than in case ofR. O. A. On auscultation the maximum intensity of the heart-sounds is posterior to the line extending from the umbilicus tothe right anterior superior spine. On vaginal touch, duringlabor, the posterior fontanelle is determined behind, to the right, near the right sacro-iliac synchondrosis, and the ant
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