Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . nstruments the simplest is that of Pajot. With a stoutpiece of silk or twine the foetus may be sectioned in a minute, the twinebeing Avorked backward and forward, and without risk to the twine may usually be passed around the foetus by means of a blunthook, and I have had a hole drilled in the blunt crochet of the forcepswhich receives the twine, and to the twine may be attached a small leadenweight, which assists the accoucheur in reaching the end which hasbeen passed around. Tarnier has suggested Bellocs sound for the passageof the twine.
Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . nstruments the simplest is that of Pajot. With a stoutpiece of silk or twine the foetus may be sectioned in a minute, the twinebeing Avorked backward and forward, and without risk to the twine may usually be passed around the foetus by means of a blunthook, and I have had a hole drilled in the blunt crochet of the forcepswhich receives the twine, and to the twine may be attached a small leadenweight, which assists the accoucheur in reaching the end which hasbeen passed around. Tarnier has suggested Bellocs sound for the passageof the twine. [A gum-elastic catheter, the uterine sound, instrumentswhich are a]Dt to be in every accoucheurs bag, are as serviceable as any-thing else.—Ed.] When the twine has been passed, the hook is with- 278 A TREATISE ON OBSTETRICS. drawn, the ends of the twine brought out through a cylindrical speculum,which is inserted to protect the vagina, and then by to-and-f ro movementsthe operator may readily saw the neck, or the trunk. This method was. Fig 172.—Jacquemiers Embryotome.
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