A textbook of obstetrics . .30 466 THE PATHOLOGY OF LABOR. Characteristics.— The degree of deformity in a kyphotic pel-vis depends upon the situation of the hump : the nearer this isto the sacrum, as a rule, the greater is the deformity in thepelvis. Lumbosacral kyphosis is almost as frequent as thelumbar and dorsolumbar combined. There is a compensatinglordosis of the lumbar spine, but not enough to keep the centerof gravity of the trunk from being too far forward. In conse-. ;o.—Kyphotic pelvis fit in above( Barbour). W~S*\ m Si TV.

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