The principles and practice of obstetrics . hey may not only produce inconveniences and suffer-ing during gestation, but will, if the diminution be con-siderable, prove very dangerous to the mother andchild during parturition. Thus, Professor Busch, ofBerlin, reports three cases, in each of which the childperished, and two of the mothers died. In one ofthese there was a diminution of half an inch, and inthe other of three-quarters of an inch in everydirection. Minor cases of diminution may, however, exist with-out such unfortunate results; perhaps there are butfew practitioners who have not me
The principles and practice of obstetrics . hey may not only produce inconveniences and suffer-ing during gestation, but will, if the diminution be con-siderable, prove very dangerous to the mother andchild during parturition. Thus, Professor Busch, ofBerlin, reports three cases, in each of which the childperished, and two of the mothers died. In one ofthese there was a diminution of half an inch, and inthe other of three-quarters of an inch in everydirection. Minor cases of diminution may, however, exist with-out such unfortunate results; perhaps there are butfew practitioners who have not met with cases oftedious labor, where the children have been of nor-mal dimensions, but delivery has been protracted fromthe small size of the pelvis. The author has met withseveral such instances in which, though artificial assist-ance was required, yet in all cases the mother did well,and very generally the child was preserved. Many evils, according to authors, may result fromtoo great amplitude of the pelvis, during gestation and Fie. Equable Enlargement of the Pelvis. labor, such as prolapsus, retroversion, and partial orcomplete procidentia uteri, and the late ascent of theuterus out of the pelvis during gestation; its disposi-tion, during the first stage of labor, to sink low beforethe os uteri is dilated, and the great rapidity withwhich a child is born after this dilatation is effected,endangering, it is said, the life of the child from itssudden exit when the mother is in an erect position,and also favoring a disposition to inertia of the uterus,floodings, etc. After delivery, also, the contracted ute- rus sinks prematurely into the cavity of the pelvis, andmay even be protruded externally. These and similar accidents of greater or lesser im-portance may possibly occur in cases of enlarged scientific practitioner can so readily prevent ormoderate them that no serious consequence need atany time be apprehended, and most females would deemthemselves well co
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