The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 884.—Enlargement of theCotyloid Region due to Cox-algia. IV. Unilateral or Bilateral Club-foot (Fig. 891).—These deformities producechanges of little importance. The inclination of thepelvis is increased, the arch of the pubis is narrowed,the tuberosities of the ischia and the acetabula arebrought closer together. V. Absence or Deformity of One or Both LowerExtremities.—In the first case there results the Sitzpelvis, the characteristics of which have already beennoted (page 622). Generally there i


The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 884.—Enlargement of theCotyloid Region due to Cox-algia. IV. Unilateral or Bilateral Club-foot (Fig. 891).—These deformities producechanges of little importance. The inclination of thepelvis is increased, the arch of the pubis is narrowed,the tuberosities of the ischia and the acetabula arebrought closer together. V. Absence or Deformity of One or Both LowerExtremities.—In the first case there results the Sitzpelvis, the characteristics of which have already beennoted (page 622). Generally there is rotation of the. Fig. 885.—Dislocation of Fig. 8S6.—Deformed Pelvis from Congenital Disloca-THE Right Femur. tion of One Femur (Left Side). 652 PATHOLOGICAL LABOR. innominate bones on an anteroposterior axis, so that the iliac crests approacheach other, while the ischial tuberosities are separated. Any deformity occurringin consequence of the bowing of the extremities is scarcely worth the mentionfrom a practical standpoint. GENERAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY. Subjective Symptoms.—In pregnancy: The effects of deformed pelves arevarious. They may alter the position of the pregnant uterus; , in contraction


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