. An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students. _i Fig. 488—Method of lightly grasping and placing the lower blade for application; the arrow shows thearc followed by the handle as the blade passes upward. select the lower blade. The lower blade, beak upward, is held lightly in theleft hand, with the knuckles up, the thumb upon the flat of the handle, and. Fig, 48!>.—Beginning application of the second or upper blade. The handle follows the direction of thearrow to reach the position shown faintly near the first blade in place. four fingers upon the outer portion, as
. An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students. _i Fig. 488—Method of lightly grasping and placing the lower blade for application; the arrow shows thearc followed by the handle as the blade passes upward. select the lower blade. The lower blade, beak upward, is held lightly in theleft hand, with the knuckles up, the thumb upon the flat of the handle, and. Fig, 48!>.—Beginning application of the second or upper blade. The handle follows the direction of thearrow to reach the position shown faintly near the first blade in place. four fingers upon the outer portion, as shown in Figure 488. No force isneeded to pass the blade; it is slipped along the fingers of the internal hand,and is guided by them around the convexity of the head; the handle is then OBS TETRIC S UR GER1. 895 swept downward along the internal surface of the mothers left thigh, and theblade passes easily into position between the head and the left lateral wall ofthe pelvis. Then the upper blade, held in the right hand in similar fashion,is passed along the fingers of the left hand, well up around the head-globe, andthe handle is swept downward along the mothers right thigh into its properposition in the right side of the pelvis (Fig. 489). If the pelvic curve of the in-strument corresponds with that of the pelvis, the handles should be horizontal,looking one to the r
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