A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 392. — Hydrocephalus: crate distention of the cranium, butsufficient to prove an insuperable ob-Mac:le in labor. Fig. 393. — Hydrocephalus: enormouscollection of fluid (authors collection:specimen presented by Dr. Alex. Fulton). from dee]) tears when the instrument slips, as it will, and fromextensive sloughs after delivery. If the pelvic extremity of the hydrocephalic fetus presents,—as it does in almost a third of all eases,—and if the head remainsinaccessible above the superior strait, so that it can not easily bepunctured, the spinal canal may be
A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 392. — Hydrocephalus: crate distention of the cranium, butsufficient to prove an insuperable ob-Mac:le in labor. Fig. 393. — Hydrocephalus: enormouscollection of fluid (authors collection:specimen presented by Dr. Alex. Fulton). from dee]) tears when the instrument slips, as it will, and fromextensive sloughs after delivery. If the pelvic extremity of the hydrocephalic fetus presents,—as it does in almost a third of all eases,—and if the head remainsinaccessible above the superior strait, so that it can not easily bepunctured, the spinal canal may be opened, a catheter be- passedthrough it into the cranial cavity (Van Huevels method), andthe fluid thus be evacuated (Fig. 394). Usually, however, thereis no special difficulty or danger in the delivery of the after- ANOMALIES IN THE FORCES OF LABOR. :>*i coming head of a hydrocephalic infant. The force required forits extraction not infrequently ruptures the walls of the ventriclesand converts the case into one
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