A textbook of obstetrics . Fg- 378.—Dipygus (Wells). If \ Fig. 379. — Dipygus Fig- 380- — Prosopothoracopagus. Fig. 381.—Xiphopagus. Fig. 382.—Janiceps. relative size of fetal body and pelvic canal, but as a matter offact the large size of the fetus is usually discovered in practiceonly after prolonged delay when attempts at artificial delivery,especially by version, have tailed. By this time the fetus is com- ANOMALIES IN THE FORCES 01 LABOR. 509 monly dcatl, and should be delivered by embryotomy. Hut thepractitioner must be on his guard against futile attempts to de-liver an in
A textbook of obstetrics . Fg- 378.—Dipygus (Wells). If \ Fig. 379. — Dipygus Fig- 380- — Prosopothoracopagus. Fig. 381.—Xiphopagus. Fig. 382.—Janiceps. relative size of fetal body and pelvic canal, but as a matter offact the large size of the fetus is usually discovered in practiceonly after prolonged delay when attempts at artificial delivery,especially by version, have tailed. By this time the fetus is com- ANOMALIES IN THE FORCES 01 LABOR. 509 monly dcatl, and should be delivered by embryotomy. Hut thepractitioner must be on his guard against futile attempts to de-liver an infant too large, even when mutilated, to pass throughthe pelvis. The writer has seen, in consultation practice, severalmaternal deaths due to this cause. Premature Ossification of Cranium; Wormian Bones;* LargeHeads ; Malformations and Tumors of the Fetus.—No single rule
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