A textbook of obstetrics . and rubbing motionswith his hands, determines the height of the fundus uteri, thetension of the abdominal walls, the irritability of the uterus, thequantity of liquor amnii, the si/A- of the fetus, its position, and itspresentation. It has been claimed that in favorable eases theplacenta can be felt, and that its position can thus be diagnosti-cated (Spencer). It is further asserted that if the greater bulkof the uterus is anterior to the insertion of the tubes, the pla-centa is anterior, and vice versa (Leopold). 1 From tin- Greek , i/. contrivance, machine (from ro
A textbook of obstetrics . and rubbing motionswith his hands, determines the height of the fundus uteri, thetension of the abdominal walls, the irritability of the uterus, thequantity of liquor amnii, the si/A- of the fetus, its position, and itspresentation. It has been claimed that in favorable eases theplacenta can be felt, and that its position can thus be diagnosti-cated (Spencer). It is further asserted that if the greater bulkof the uterus is anterior to the insertion of the tubes, the pla-centa is anterior, and vice versa (Leopold). 1 From tin- Greek , i/. contrivance, machine (from root utfX°C* :l manner, a 350 ABDOMINAL PALPATION. 351 The Diagnosis of Fetal Position and Presentation by Abdomi-nal Palpation.—The examiner stands alongside the patient,facing her head; the tips of the fingers of both hands, movingtogether and at equal distances, are carried up the sides of theabdomen by a series of tapping movements; and upon one side(for example, the left, in the L. 0. A. position) is noticed a firm,. Fig. 202.—Abdominal palpation : locating the fetal back.
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