An abridgment of Mr Heath's translation of Baudelocque's midwifery . of this laftH 58 EXPLANATION OF FIFTH PLATE. laftline, and an inch and an half from the middle ofthe projection of the sacrum to the sy?nphysis of thepubes. The inferior strait in both thefe pelves is very large. Explanation of the Fifth Plate. THIS figure reprefents a deformed pelvis, in whichthe parts are reduced to half their natural fize. a, a, The ossa ilia, b, b, The ossa pubis. c, c, The ossa ischia. d, d, d, The lafl: lumbar vertebra. e, The projection of the sacrum. f, f, The sacro-iliac symphyses. g, The symphysis o
An abridgment of Mr Heath's translation of Baudelocque's midwifery . of this laftH 58 EXPLANATION OF FIFTH PLATE. laftline, and an inch and an half from the middle ofthe projection of the sacrum to the sy?nphysis of thepubes. The inferior strait in both thefe pelves is very large. Explanation of the Fifth Plate. THIS figure reprefents a deformed pelvis, in whichthe parts are reduced to half their natural fize. a, a, The ossa ilia, b, b, The ossa pubis. c, c, The ossa ischia. d, d, d, The lafl: lumbar vertebra. e, The projection of the sacrum. f, f, The sacro-iliac symphyses. g, The symphysis of the pubes. h, h, The foramina ovalia, feen obliquely. i, i, The arch of the pubes, feen in the fame man-ner. k, k, The acetabula. The lines indicate the different dimenfions of thefuperior strait A, A, From the pubes to the projection of the sa-crum, in the natural flate of this pelvis, two inchestwo lines B, B, The tranfverfe diameter, three inches eightlines. C, G, From the middle and left fide of the pro-jection of the sacrum, to that part of the margin which. 2 OF THE SOFT PARTS, &C. 59 which anfwers to the acetabulum of the fame fide, be-tween fix and feven lines. D, D, From the middle and Tight fide of the pro-jection of the sacrum, to that part of the marginwhich anfwers to the right acetabulum, one inch twolines. This pelvis was taken from the cabinet of M. fubject. was a woman of twenty-feven years. Of the Soft Parts connected with the Pelvis* 106. THE accoucheur would have but an imper-fect knowledge of the pelvis, if, after having fludied itin the fkeleton, he ihould not confider it in conjunctionwith the foft parts which furround it on all fides;fince fome of thefe latter caufe great changes in itsform and dimenfions; and it is only by a knowledgeof the fituation, the connexion, and ufes of others,the change of place, and the conftraint or compref-fion which they naffer during pregnancy, that he canexplain the greater part of the phenomena which oc-cur in
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