Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . Fig. 48.—a, Brauns Decapitation Hook;h, Kamsbothams Decapitating Knife. Fig. 49.—a. Reynolds Decollator;b, Porte-flUet. rotated until its tip is buried in the tissues of the shoulder; andthen, while strong traction is made upon the handle by both handsof the operator, the instrument should be sharply rotated throughan arc of one hundred and eighty degrees, when the neck will beheard to snap. The bladder is protected from injury duringthis manoeuvre by the fact that the point of the hook is alreadyburied in the foetal tissues, and that it is, moreove
Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . Fig. 48.—a, Brauns Decapitation Hook;h, Kamsbothams Decapitating Knife. Fig. 49.—a. Reynolds Decollator;b, Porte-flUet. rotated until its tip is buried in the tissues of the shoulder; andthen, while strong traction is made upon the handle by both handsof the operator, the instrument should be sharply rotated throughan arc of one hundred and eighty degrees, when the neck will beheard to snap. The bladder is protected from injury duringthis manoeuvre by the fact that the point of the hook is alreadyburied in the foetal tissues, and that it is, moreover, turned awayfrom tlie bladder. The soft parts are then divided by torsion, the instrument ? Not against the occiput, from the hard surface of which it is liable to glance-daring rotation. 13 194 PRACTICAL MIDWIFERY. beiny: drawn lirmly downward, and rotated until the neck is com-pletely torn away: but throughout this process one hand shouldbe held in the vagina, to guard its tissues from the injury whichmight be caused by a sudden y
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