A System of midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and the puerperal state . rn of blade desired. The whole set. taken to pieces, can be put in a leatherbag nine inches in length and two and ;i half in width. The late Prof. George T. Elliot, of New York, used and recom-mended a forceps which is essentially a modification of the instrumentused by the late Sir James Y. Simpson. The total Length of the speci-men of Dr. Elliots forceps, which we measured, i- fifteen inches ina direct line from the extremity of the handles to that of the blades. Prom tie- to the end of the h!a !<•&
A System of midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and the puerperal state . rn of blade desired. The whole set. taken to pieces, can be put in a leatherbag nine inches in length and two and ;i half in width. The late Prof. George T. Elliot, of New York, used and recom-mended a forceps which is essentially a modification of the instrumentused by the late Sir James Y. Simpson. The total Length of the speci-men of Dr. Elliots forceps, which we measured, i- fifteen inches ina direct line from the extremity of the handles to that of the blades. Prom tie- to the end of the h!a !<•< i three and a quarter inches, while the extremities Of these are an inch apart. The blades are united by theEnglish lock, and the handles are composed of Bteel and WOOd. In one handle i> a belt which, when screwed out by a burr in the handle, ;- that purpose, Limits the compression exerted by the instrument to an\extent desired by the operator. In L872, Prof. V. M. Robertson, of Charleston, South iltha rurcepii. 470 THE FORCEPS. [CHAP. published a description of the forceps which he uses, and which is inreality a modification of Hodges. The blades are those devised by Hodge, except that the pelvic curve is slightly increased. The blunthook on the handles of Hodges forceps has been abandoned, and thelatter, which are composed partly of steel and partly of wood, havebeen reduced inches in their length. The length of the shanks isalso reduced .5 of an inch, making the entire length of the instrumentfrom the extremity of the handles to that of the blades in a direct inches. Dr. Robertson prefers that women should occupy the dorsal positionduring childbirth, and the chief advantage which he claims for his Fig. 155. Fig. 1.)
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