The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . form of coxalgic pelvis, as a ride, pre-sent- no serious obstacle to deliveryunless it is associated with a rachiticdeformity (PI. 35, Fig. 5; PL 36, ). Special attention, however, shouldalways he paid to the length of the con-jugate diameter of the inlet and to thetransverse diameter of the outlet. Inthe other variety of coxalgic pelvis thedeformity is also an oblique contraction,hnt it is the hone on the diseased sidewhich is driven inward upon the pelviccanal. This displacement of the in-nominate hone i- tin1 result
The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . form of coxalgic pelvis, as a ride, pre-sent- no serious obstacle to deliveryunless it is associated with a rachiticdeformity (PI. 35, Fig. 5; PL 36, ). Special attention, however, shouldalways he paid to the length of the con-jugate diameter of the inlet and to thetransverse diameter of the outlet. Inthe other variety of coxalgic pelvis thedeformity is also an oblique contraction,hnt it is the hone on the diseased sidewhich is driven inward upon the pelviccanal. This displacement of the in-nominate hone i- tin1 result of an ar-rested development on the corresponding .^\j^^side of the pelvis, ami is very likelya—ciated with an atrophy of the sacral ala and an ankylosis of the sacro-iliac. ,.., . . . Fig, 12.—Kyphoscoliosis (Leopold). joint. I he contraction 01 the pelvic canal i< much more serious in this form, and there may he all the difficulties in labor encountered in the true Naegele pelvis. Luxation of the Femora.—Dislocation of the thigh-bones, if congenital. 66 AMERICAX TEXT-BOOK OF OBSTETRICS. or occurring early in childhood and not corrected, has some effect upon theBize and shape of the pelvis, but usually not enough seriously to obstructlabor. If one thigh is dislocated, the weight of the body may be thrown
Size: 935px × 2674px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectobstetrics, bookyear1
