Homœopathic physician . lse we will merely extend the head without propellingit. It is sometimes convenient to vary the position of theleft hand and fingers, but the principle is the same, thatpushing and not pulling is the first step in traction. When the head beginsto descend we may place three fingers between the blades, the thumb andthe little finger being upon the outside, and combine a pulling with a pushingmotion upon the blades. But throughout the handles are simply elevatedand not pulled upon, or but slightly, having due regard to the proper direc-tion, and bringing them into the medi
Homœopathic physician . lse we will merely extend the head without propellingit. It is sometimes convenient to vary the position of theleft hand and fingers, but the principle is the same, thatpushing and not pulling is the first step in traction. When the head beginsto descend we may place three fingers between the blades, the thumb andthe little finger being upon the outside, and combine a pulling with a pushingmotion upon the blades. But throughout the handles are simply elevatedand not pulled upon, or but slightly, having due regard to the proper direc-tion, and bringing them into the median line only when the head has reachedin inferior strait. When the head is delivered the handles will lie upon theabdomen of the mother. This, in brief, is the method which I employ andadvise. The introduction of these two long extracts has a two-fold purpose: to drawthe attention of the profession to the important character of this book, and togive to those readers who may not have time to devote to the book and who do. 160 NOTES AND NOTICES. [May, 1894. not make a specialty of obstetrics a clear conception of the latest, most en-lightened, and most humane way of applying the forceps. It is advisable,however, to study carefully every page of the book itself to acquire the ideaperfectly. NOTES AND NOTICES. How Shall We Dispose of the IIomceopath ?—The effect of a red flagon a bull is that of a lullaby compared with the fury of the regular physicianwhen you flaunt the banner of Homoeopathy at him. If the homceopath had a first-rate system and lacked the intelligence tomake it work, he would be more easily tolerated ; but to adopt a laughabletheory and then make a habit of deriving good results from it is extremelyhard to forgive. We can understand the feelings of the old-school doctor wholoses a patient in spite of all his efforts, when another and sicker patientacross the street has the effrontery to recover under the foolish little pelletsof the homoeopath. But patients wer
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