A system of obstetrics . s, based on 16,659 cases of labor, show a breechpresentation once in every 62 living births (1 in 62), but in putrid chil-dren (children dead a long time before labor, and where, consequently,there were no reflex movements to maintain the normal position) abreech presentation occurred once in every 6 labors (1 in 6). The samestatistics show 1 shoulder or trunk presentation in every 555 livingchildren (1 in 555), while, in putrid children, 1 trunk presentationoccurs once in every 88 labors (1 in 88). Again, when from disease the shape of the foetus is changed from theno
A system of obstetrics . s, based on 16,659 cases of labor, show a breechpresentation once in every 62 living births (1 in 62), but in putrid chil-dren (children dead a long time before labor, and where, consequently,there were no reflex movements to maintain the normal position) abreech presentation occurred once in every 6 labors (1 in 6). The samestatistics show 1 shoulder or trunk presentation in every 555 livingchildren (1 in 555), while, in putrid children, 1 trunk presentationoccurs once in every 88 labors (1 in 88). Again, when from disease the shape of the foetus is changed from thenormal one, the very causes, which in normal cases secure a normalpresentation, Avill in such abnormal modifications cause an abnormalpresentation. Dr. Simpson gives many illustrations, but intra-uterinehydrocephalus forms one of the most striking. In such cases, whenthe cranial enlargement is very great, the head becomes the largestpart of the foetal ellipse, and consequently the very reflex movements, Fig. 241. Fig.
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