ObstetricsA manual for students and practitioners . Rachitic Pelvis. usually have a peculiar gait. The head is large and square and the fore-head prominent. Describe the osteomalacic pelvis. Osteomalacia, being a disease of adult life and occurring after thecomplete development of the bones, the deformities caused by it differ Fig. Osteomalacic Pelvis. markedly from those due to rachitis. As the pelvic bones become soft-ened the weight of the body above and the upward pressure of the 128 ANOMALIES OF THE PELVIS IN LABOR. femora from below cause the deformitj. The sacrum is depressed andbe
ObstetricsA manual for students and practitioners . Rachitic Pelvis. usually have a peculiar gait. The head is large and square and the fore-head prominent. Describe the osteomalacic pelvis. Osteomalacia, being a disease of adult life and occurring after thecomplete development of the bones, the deformities caused by it differ Fig. Osteomalacic Pelvis. markedly from those due to rachitis. As the pelvic bones become soft-ened the weight of the body above and the upward pressure of the 128 ANOMALIES OF THE PELVIS IN LABOR. femora from below cause the deformitj. The sacrum is depressed andbecomes greatly curved, so that the lower and upper pai-ts approacheach other. At the same time, this allows the lumbar vertebrae to de-scend and form a projection, narrowing the superior strait. The cotyloidcavities are pushed upward and inward by the femora, and thus bothoblique diameters are shortened. The tuberosities of the ischia approacheach other, so that the transverse diameter at the outlet is diminishedand the rami of the pubic bones come nearly in contact, leaving only adeep fissure in place of the arch (Fig. 35). What is Nageles pelvis?This is an extremely rare variety of pelvic deformity which received its name from the complete descrip-FiG. 36. tion given of it by N^agele. It is the obliquely oval pelvis caused byan
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