A System of midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and the puerperal state . In Fiirs. 197 and 10s, the floor of the pelvis has been removed by a section, including the Lrroaterpart of the walls of the cavity, in Fig. 197, the head i> r presented ;- descending directly in theaxis of the brim. The dotted circle shows the effect on the apparent position of the os uteri of aBlight displacement to the side. In Fig. 19S, the head is represented as descending in the positiondescribed by Xaegele. corresponding to that of the brim. The direct position, as here shown,is in most respects the


A System of midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and the puerperal state . In Fiirs. 197 and 10s, the floor of the pelvis has been removed by a section, including the Lrroaterpart of the walls of the cavity, in Fig. 197, the head i> r presented ;- descending directly in theaxis of the brim. The dotted circle shows the effect on the apparent position of the os uteri of aBlight displacement to the side. In Fig. 19S, the head is represented as descending in the positiondescribed by Xaegele. corresponding to that of the brim. The direct position, as here shown,is in most respects the same as that which was taught by the leadingobstetricians who immediately preceded Xaegele. He, however, dis- APPENDIX. 74 covered and first announced the incontrovertible fact which is set forthin the following words: The finder which i> introduced in the central or middle line of the pelvic cavity,and brought in contact with the head, will touch the right parietal hone in thevicinity of the tuber At the brim, the head does not assume a perpendicu-lar, hnt perfectly oblique p


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