. A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery : containing practical instructions for the management of women during pregnancy, in labour, and in child-bed; : calculated to correct the errors, and to improve the practice, of midwives; as well as to serve as an introduction to the study of this art, for students and young practitioner .... stage of labour is to bepassed, now and then cautiously examining its pro-gress, during the absence of the pains ; under whichcircumstance, and when the internal orifice is suffi-ciently open to admit the finger, the head of the childmay easily be fe
. A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery : containing practical instructions for the management of women during pregnancy, in labour, and in child-bed; : calculated to correct the errors, and to improve the practice, of midwives; as well as to serve as an introduction to the study of this art, for students and young practitioner .... stage of labour is to bepassed, now and then cautiously examining its pro-gress, during the absence of the pains ; under whichcircumstance, and when the internal orifice is suffi-ciently open to admit the finger, the head of the childmay easily be felt and distinguished by its regularshape, smoothness and hardness within the lax mem-branes, and may be made another source of consola-tion and encouragement to the patient, by assuring herof it; but be cautious how you predict a speedy termi-nation of tne labour ; unless in such cases, as formerexperience in the same woman may have convincedyou that you not be deceived : for many circum-stances which you cannot now discover, may concur todeceive you ; and nothing will tend more to render 124 iral Labour. [Chap. 3. your patient anxious, and to rob you of her confidence,than disappointment in this respect. 25. Plates 15, 16, and 17, are intended to representthese changes, and the situation of the child duringthe first staire of This plate xv. shows the neckof the womb,oblitera-ted by its perfect development during the latter monthsof pregnancy ; at the end of which, it makes onecommon cavity with the womb. The development ofthe neck, however, is not conducted on the same prin-ciples as the enlargement of the womb : the sides ofthe womb retain at least, their original thicknessthrough the whole period of pregnancy ; but the neckof the womb grows thinner as it is developed, and at Chap. S/\ Natural Labour. 125 the expiration of the natural period of pregnancy,sometimes becomes so thin, as to be in danger of beingruptured by a very small force ; an accident, which has
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