The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . actor. The term cranioclast as applied tothe Braun instrument is a misnomer, and the term craniotractor, as proposedby Mund^, of New York, as a substitute for cranioclast, is more accurate. Application.—The application of the cranioclast is not difficult. Unfortu-nately, for some reason the instrument is always made for application upon theright side of the pelvis, and for proper application upon the left side—the mostfrequent operation—the instrument must be reversed, with the button-lock down-ward. T
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . actor. The term cranioclast as applied tothe Braun instrument is a misnomer, and the term craniotractor, as proposedby Mund^, of New York, as a substitute for cranioclast, is more accurate. Application.—The application of the cranioclast is not difficult. Unfortu-nately, for some reason the instrument is always made for application upon theright side of the pelvis, and for proper application upon the left side—the mostfrequent operation—the instrument must be reversed, with the button-lock down-ward. This has caused much confusion to the novice and beginner, and manyapplications of the instrument over the face, when a vertex application wouldhave rendered the extraction much easier. After perforation and the washing away of the brain, if the head is movable thescalp is seized with strong volsella forceps andheld by an assistant. The operator then in-troduces two fingers of the left hand to themargin of the opening in the fetal skull, andwith the right hand he grasps the inner or.
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