Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . carefully conducted operative delivery much bet- OBSTETRIC SURGERY. 147 ter than that of prolonged labor, the attendant should be some-what more ready to interfere than in ordinary cases. Delivery by version may be effected with ease in most cases,but the use of forceps is usually to be preferred, since these feebleinfants are greatly exhausted by the necessarily rough manipu-lations of version. CHAPTER XLFORCEPS. Choice of Forceps.—Before entering upon the techniqueof forceps operations it is necessary to say something about thechoice of instrument
Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . carefully conducted operative delivery much bet- OBSTETRIC SURGERY. 147 ter than that of prolonged labor, the attendant should be some-what more ready to interfere than in ordinary cases. Delivery by version may be effected with ease in most cases,but the use of forceps is usually to be preferred, since these feebleinfants are greatly exhausted by the necessarily rough manipu-lations of version. CHAPTER XLFORCEPS. Choice of Forceps.—Before entering upon the techniqueof forceps operations it is necessary to say something about thechoice of instruments. So many varieties have been described byvarious obstetricians that it is impossible even to mention anybut the most important, and those which are most typical of aclass. The instruments in common use may be divided into threeclasses—short forceps, long forceps, and those furnished withaxis-traction attachments. Short Forceps.—Short forceps are intended for use whenthe head is at the pelvic outlet, and have a cephalic but no pelvic.
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