The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 736.—Left Shoulder in the Cer-vix. 540 PATHOLOGICAL LABOR. THIRD SHOULDER POSITION. Right Scapula posterior, R. Scap. is the great cause of shoulder presentation. (Page 423.) Death and macerationof the fetus and multiple pregnancy for like reasons are causes. (Page 423.) Inthe parturient tract pelvic deformity, excessive pelvic obliquity, and excessiveright lateral obliquity of the uterus are causes by interfering either with the properattitude of the child or the ready engagement of the head
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 736.—Left Shoulder in the Cer-vix. 540 PATHOLOGICAL LABOR. THIRD SHOULDER POSITION. Right Scapula posterior, R. Scap. is the great cause of shoulder presentation. (Page 423.) Death and macerationof the fetus and multiple pregnancy for like reasons are causes. (Page 423.) Inthe parturient tract pelvic deformity, excessive pelvic obliquity, and excessiveright lateral obliquity of the uterus are causes by interfering either with the properattitude of the child or the ready engagement of the head in the pelvic inlet. Forthe same reason placenta prasvia, lax abdominal walls, as in hanging belly, andan excessive amount of liquor amnii may result in shoulder presentation. This malpresentation is seven times more fre-quent in multigravidag than in primi-gravidae. Hydrocephalus or enlarge-ment of the fetal head from any cause,since then it cannot engage in the pelvicinlet; fetal monstrosities and extrememobility of the fetus from any cause;tumors of the pelvis or uterus, kyphoticspine and exostoses of the pelvic bones;tight lacing during pregnancy, which de-creases the depth of the uterus while in-creasing th
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