A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . son of which will be readily under-stood by giving attention to the following circumstances, namely: the tractions are natu-rally made downwards and forwards, while the os uteri, which has a constant tendencyto retract, is directed somewhat downwards and backwards; whence it results that theanterior lip of the womb presses strongly on that portion of the child which is turnedtowards the pubis. Consequently, when t
A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . son of which will be readily under-stood by giving attention to the following circumstances, namely: the tractions are natu-rally made downwards and forwards, while the os uteri, which has a constant tendencyto retract, is directed somewhat downwards and backwards; whence it results that theanterior lip of the womb presses strongly on that portion of the child which is turnedtowards the pubis. Consequently, when the occiput is in front, the resistance offered bythis lip has a tendency to flex the head still more; but, on the contrary, when it is behindthe chin is almost inevitably caught by the anterior lip, and the head is thereby extended. OF VERSION 787 When the occiput is in front, the flexion of the head is effected withouttrouble; for it is generally sufficient to place two fingers on the sides of the nose,or else on the lower jaw inside of the mouth, and then depress the chin by amoderate traction on this part; whilst two fingers of the other hand are passed Fig. 103. Fig.
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