. A treatise on obstetrics for students and practitioners . s depth andnarrowness. The cause of this abnormality is unknown, unless it bea variation in the usual laws of development. While pelvimetry willdemonstrate the diminished width of such pelves, internal examinationwill enable the physician to appreciate best their peculiar shape. The course of labor in these cases depends upon the proportionatesize of the child and pelvis and the degree of moulding which the headsustains. If the head can enter the pelvis and moulds readily, thenlabor-pains may accomplish delivery. The head will be exce
. A treatise on obstetrics for students and practitioners . s depth andnarrowness. The cause of this abnormality is unknown, unless it bea variation in the usual laws of development. While pelvimetry willdemonstrate the diminished width of such pelves, internal examinationwill enable the physician to appreciate best their peculiar shape. The course of labor in these cases depends upon the proportionatesize of the child and pelvis and the degree of moulding which the headsustains. If the head can enter the pelvis and moulds readily, thenlabor-pains may accomplish delivery. The head will be excessivelydrawn out and the child may suffer serious results from pressure. If, LABOR IN BABE VABIETIES OF DEFOBMED PELVES. 291 however, engagement cannot take place, delivery must be accomplishedby surgical interference. Symphysiotomy is not indicated in thesecases, because it enlarges the pelvis least in those diameters which aremost contracted. The preferable form of delivery, if a living child isto be secured, must be that of abdominal section. Fig.
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