A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 568.—Combined traction upon mouth and shoulders (Mauriceau).. Fig« 5^9-—Second Step of the Mauriceau method. while the traction upon the shoulders extracts the head in thedirection of the parturient canal. As the head descends uponthe pelvic floor, the childs body is carried upward toward themothers abdomen. Properly directed suprapubic pressure by I-ERSION. 76; an assistant increases the efficiency of this method, and makes it,indeed, the most effective of all methods in extracting the after-coming head. Prague Method.— The childs ankles are grasped with therig
A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 568.—Combined traction upon mouth and shoulders (Mauriceau).. Fig« 5^9-—Second Step of the Mauriceau method. while the traction upon the shoulders extracts the head in thedirection of the parturient canal. As the head descends uponthe pelvic floor, the childs body is carried upward toward themothers abdomen. Properly directed suprapubic pressure by I-ERSION. 76; an assistant increases the efficiency of this method, and makes it,indeed, the most effective of all methods in extracting the after-coming head. Prague Method.— The childs ankles are grasped with theright hand pronated, the middle finger being placed between thelegs just above the internal malleoli, the index- and ring-fingersabove the external malleoli. The index-finger of the left handis flexed over one clavicle, and the remaining fingers of the samehand over the other clavicle. Traction directly downward isnow made with both hands until the perineum is well distended.
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