The principles and practice of obstetrics . position of the v<in cases where the head is small, or the perineum re-laxed as in multiparous patients, the head may be de-livered inferiorly, presenting its sinciput instead of itsocciput at the outlets of the vagina; in this case, theoccipito-frontal diameter, instead of the cervico-hre--matic, will be concerned. Occipito-Sacral Position. — This sixth position(of Baudelocque) is directly the reverse of the third,the occiput and back of the child being toward thespine of the mother, the top of the os frontis andthe limbs being anterior and over
The principles and practice of obstetrics . position of the v<in cases where the head is small, or the perineum re-laxed as in multiparous patients, the head may be de-livered inferiorly, presenting its sinciput instead of itsocciput at the outlets of the vagina; in this case, theoccipito-frontal diameter, instead of the cervico-hre--matic, will be concerned. Occipito-Sacral Position. — This sixth position(of Baudelocque) is directly the reverse of the third,the occiput and back of the child being toward thespine of the mother, the top of the os frontis andthe limbs being anterior and over the pubis, theright side of the child being toward the left of themother, and the left side to her right. This positionis even more unfrequent than that of the Boivin declares that in twenty thousand fivehundred and seventeen deliveries she met with but twocases. M. Naegele has met with two cases in which thehead appeared in the third or sixth of Baudelocque,both of which required artificial assistance. Dr. 11 Plate X Fig 56. 5 . position of Vertexat Superior Strait.
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