The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 1047.—Dorsal Posture with Extreme Flexion of the Thighs, showing theParturient Tract and the Degree of Pelvic Inclination. ExaggeratedLithotomy Position. Note the extreme upward rotation of the symphysis and theenlargement of the pelvic outlet, and diminution of the pelvic inlet.— (From a photo-graph taken at the Emergency Hospital.) in version they present numerous advantages: (i) The uterus sags away fromthe pelvis, giving the operator more room to introduce his hand; (2) labor painsare arrested
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 1047.—Dorsal Posture with Extreme Flexion of the Thighs, showing theParturient Tract and the Degree of Pelvic Inclination. ExaggeratedLithotomy Position. Note the extreme upward rotation of the symphysis and theenlargement of the pelvic outlet, and diminution of the pelvic inlet.— (From a photo-graph taken at the Emergency Hospital.) in version they present numerous advantages: (i) The uterus sags away fromthe pelvis, giving the operator more room to introduce his hand; (2) labor painsare arrested for the time being, and (3) there is a natural tendency on the partof the knee-chest position to favor the rectification of the malposition for whichversion is required. These postures are most valuable in connection with pro-lapse of the funis, yet in this manual replacement must generally be employedas an adjunct. In 1882 Galbraith brought about the unlocking of twins bycausing the mother to assume the knee-chest posture. In theory, at least, thelatter should favor the reposition
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