. Obstetrics: the science and the art. the mother foundherself very comfortable, considering her great fatigue. The facewas one enormous suggillation, carried to the extent of producingnumerous blebs or vesications on the eyelids and cheeks. Themouth was excessively swelled, and the left eye completely face was, on account of this state, directed to be frequentlybathed with cream. This infant was carefully weighed on the even-ing of its birth, and was found toweigh nine pounds and three-quarters. On the sixteenth dayafter delivery, the woman wasdown stairs to dinner, and had nosubse
. Obstetrics: the science and the art. the mother foundherself very comfortable, considering her great fatigue. The facewas one enormous suggillation, carried to the extent of producingnumerous blebs or vesications on the eyelids and cheeks. Themouth was excessively swelled, and the left eye completely face was, on account of this state, directed to be frequentlybathed with cream. This infant was carefully weighed on the even-ing of its birth, and was found toweigh nine pounds and three-quarters. On the sixteenth dayafter delivery, the woman wasdown stairs to dinner, and had nosubsequent indisposition. In giv-ing the details of this case, I amliable, as I well know, to thecharge of having, in an importantmatter, anticipated my subject; butalthough I have not yet come tothe formal consideration of instru-mental cases, I feel pretty wellassured no evil will happen to anyStudent for having, by reading the foregoing relation, in some degreeanticipated the regular and formal consideration of obstetric opera- Fig. FACE PRESENTATIONS. 393 tions. Tlie cut, Fig. 85, repeated from 374, wliich represents thefoetal head, in a face labor, thrown back to that degree as to pressthe occipital bone against the interscapular space, suffices to showhow well founded were my fears lest the forehead, instead of thechin, should rotate to the front, to prevent which is the chief doc-trine of this obstetric topic; and I would again urge the Student totake the first opportunity that may present itself, of testing thedoctrine, by trying to deliver on the machine, or p h a n t o m e, withthe chin backwards, in a face presentation. By so doing, he will atonce have a demonstration of the point of practice to be adopted,and never afterwards be in the least danger of making a mistake, orcommitting a blunder in this matter. 650. Seeing the great and merited reputation of the late ProfessorDewees, of Philadelphia, and the general recourse to, and reliance onhis obstetric precepts, I
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