A textbook of obstetrics . Fig- 538.—Axis-traction forceps; head at the s upenor /I1Fig. 539.— Axis traction forceps; head in the pelvic cavitj EXTRACTION OF THE BREECH. 745 the forceps used as an ordinary instrument or else withdrawn and replaced by a Simpson forceps. Statistics as to the frequency offorceps operations have neither interest nor value. The)- varyenormously in different clinics, in different classes of society, andin the hands of different operators. The author is an advocate ofthe frequent use of forceps, believing that more harm arises frominordinate delay in labor t
A textbook of obstetrics . Fig- 538.—Axis-traction forceps; head at the s upenor /I1Fig. 539.— Axis traction forceps; head in the pelvic cavitj EXTRACTION OF THE BREECH. 745 the forceps used as an ordinary instrument or else withdrawn and replaced by a Simpson forceps. Statistics as to the frequency offorceps operations have neither interest nor value. The)- varyenormously in different clinics, in different classes of society, andin the hands of different operators. The author is an advocate ofthe frequent use of forceps, believing that more harm arises frominordinate delay in labor to mother and infant than can be tracedto the use of the instrument in careful and skilful hands. Themortality of a forceps operation, per se, should be nil. Themost frightful damage, however, has been inflicted upon bothmother and child by the unskilful and careless use of the instru-ment. The pelvic joints have been sprung apart by too forcibletraction ; the lower uterine segment with an undilated os has beencaught in the grip of theblades and has been cutthrough into the peritonea
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