Obstetrics : the science and the art . heTouch, which ought not to mislead any attentive or considerate prac-titioner, since by the Touch it is easy to learn where are the coccyx,the tubera ischii, the genitalia, the sulcus betwixt the thighs, thesacrum, &c. &c. As the escape of the breech occasions a great distension, the peri-neum requires very steady support by pressing a soft napkin againstit, for the purpose, first, of resisting its too rapidadvance, and second, in order to give to its move-ment that curvilinear direction which ushers itinto the world in a course coinciding with theline o
Obstetrics : the science and the art . heTouch, which ought not to mislead any attentive or considerate prac-titioner, since by the Touch it is easy to learn where are the coccyx,the tubera ischii, the genitalia, the sulcus betwixt the thighs, thesacrum, &c. &c. As the escape of the breech occasions a great distension, the peri-neum requires very steady support by pressing a soft napkin againstit, for the purpose, first, of resisting its too rapidadvance, and second, in order to give to its move-ment that curvilinear direction which ushers itinto the world in a course coinciding with theline of Caruss curve. Figure So exhibits tothe Student the appearance of bending which isacquired by the pelvic extremity of the trunkwhile passing outwards in a breech labor. It ismanifest that the perineum may be here sub-jected to a great degree of distension. As soonas (lie body is so far born as to permit thenavel-string to be reached, it is to be drawndownwards a little, so as to free it from tbedanger of being broken Fig. PELVIC PRESENTATIONS 403 It Fig. 86.
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