A text-book of practical obstetrics, comprising pregnancy, labor, and the puerpal state, and obstetric surgery . feel the furrow formed between the back andthe head by the process of extension of the head; but, beyondthis, little information will be secured. On auscultation oursuspicions are further aroused, since the maximum intensityof the heart-sounds, owing to the higher position of the head inface cases, will be about on the level of a line running throughthe umbilicus instead of in the line extending from the umbil-icus to one or the other anterior superior spine, as is the case inflexed
A text-book of practical obstetrics, comprising pregnancy, labor, and the puerpal state, and obstetric surgery . feel the furrow formed between the back andthe head by the process of extension of the head; but, beyondthis, little information will be secured. On auscultation oursuspicions are further aroused, since the maximum intensityof the heart-sounds, owing to the higher position of the head inface cases, will be about on the level of a line running throughthe umbilicus instead of in the line extending from the umbil-icus to one or the other anterior superior spine, as is the case inflexed presentations of the vertex. As a rule, it is by vaginaltouch that we may reach a diagnosis, and this is only possibleafter rupture of the membranes and with sufficient dilatation ofthe cervix to enable the finger to come in contact with the pre-senting part. On one side or the other, according to the po-sition, we reach the sagittal suture ending at the anterior fonta-nelle. When the finger follows this suture as far as possible itreaches the superciliary ridges and the root of the nose. Below PLATE Presentation of the Face. Right Mento-anterior.
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