A text-book of practical obstetrics, comprising pregnancy, labor, and the puerpal state, and obstetric surgery . Fig. 58.—Forceps Applied to After-coming Head. with the short-handle Hunter forceps than any other the forceps can be adjusted posteriorly (Fig. 58 andPlate XII) better and more quickly than anteriorly, but itshould be applied to that aspect of the child which can bemost rapidly reached. It should be applied to the sides ofthe pelvis regardless of the position of the childs head. It must be remembered that after extraction of the armsthe head must be delivered within th
A text-book of practical obstetrics, comprising pregnancy, labor, and the puerpal state, and obstetric surgery . Fig. 58.—Forceps Applied to After-coming Head. with the short-handle Hunter forceps than any other the forceps can be adjusted posteriorly (Fig. 58 andPlate XII) better and more quickly than anteriorly, but itshould be applied to that aspect of the child which can bemost rapidly reached. It should be applied to the sides ofthe pelvis regardless of the position of the childs head. It must be remembered that after extraction of the armsthe head must be delivered within three to five minutes if aliving child is to be obtained. It is true that in exceptionalcases a living child may be extracted within fifteen minutes,. PLATE XII,
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