. Obstetrics: the science and the art. PRETER^^ATURAL LABOR. 511 of pain and hazard, and for tlie cliild an almost certain death. Lethim never forget, therefore, while drawing down the foot, that hemust keep the head up if possible. After drawing the feet throughthe ostium vaginee, and when the turning is completed, which hewill know by exploring with the right hand the form of the abdo-men, as well as by perceiving that the hips of the child are engag-ing in the excavation, he should, if he draws at all by the limbs,make his chief effort of traction by means of the right leg, as inFig. 102. B
. Obstetrics: the science and the art. PRETER^^ATURAL LABOR. 511 of pain and hazard, and for tlie cliild an almost certain death. Lethim never forget, therefore, while drawing down the foot, that hemust keep the head up if possible. After drawing the feet throughthe ostium vaginee, and when the turning is completed, which hewill know by exploring with the right hand the form of the abdo-men, as well as by perceiving that the hips of the child are engag-ing in the excavation, he should, if he draws at all by the limbs,make his chief effort of traction by means of the right leg, as inFig. 102. By acting in this way he will cause the childs face to turntowards the left sacro-iliac junction. Before the turning it lookedtowards the right sacro-iliac junction. Let him look again at Fig. Fig. 102. Fig. 103.
Size: 1493px × 1674px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, booksubjectobstetrics, bookyear1
