The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig 1025.—Caput Succedaneum. Fig. 1026.—Cephalhematoma. rationale of these orbital injuries is not wholly clear. Fractures of the lower jawoccur, as a rule, from traction on the after-coming head in breech presentations. 4. Fractures of the Long Bones.—As a rule, the violence exerted in connec-tion with dystocia and its management tends to produce diastasis rather thanfracture, provided that the long bones of the fetus are healthy. When for anyreason (fetal rickets) these structures are brittle, very s
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig 1025.—Caput Succedaneum. Fig. 1026.—Cephalhematoma. rationale of these orbital injuries is not wholly clear. Fractures of the lower jawoccur, as a rule, from traction on the after-coming head in breech presentations. 4. Fractures of the Long Bones.—As a rule, the violence exerted in connec-tion with dystocia and its management tends to produce diastasis rather thanfracture, provided that the long bones of the fetus are healthy. When for anyreason (fetal rickets) these structures are brittle, very slight manipulation mayproduce a fracture. But Ballantyne records the case of a fracture of the shaftof the thigh in a healthy child during normal delivery. There were no evidencesof fetal rickets or prematurity. Apparently spontaneous fractures, whether inthe healthy or otherwise, cannot justly be put down as examples of birth-trauma. If recognized, fractures and diastases may readily be healed. Dislocations.—The luxations which are occasionally present at birth arebelieved to be
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