. A compendious system of midwifery : chiefly designed to facilitate the inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of study, illustrated by occasional cases . PLATE /«. ( 645 ) EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. This figure represents a deformed pelvis. a, a, The ossa ilia. < b, b, The ossa pubis. c, c, The ossa ischia. d, d, d, The last lumbar vertebra,e, The projection of the sacrum,f, f, The sacro-iliac symphyses. g, The symphysis of the , h, The foramina , i, The branches of the ossa pubis and ischia, which formthe anterior arch of the pelvis,k, k, The acetabula. The lines


. A compendious system of midwifery : chiefly designed to facilitate the inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of study, illustrated by occasional cases . PLATE /«. ( 645 ) EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. This figure represents a deformed pelvis. a, a, The ossa ilia. < b, b, The ossa pubis. c, c, The ossa ischia. d, d, d, The last lumbar vertebra,e, The projection of the sacrum,f, f, The sacro-iliac symphyses. g, The symphysis of the , h, The foramina , i, The branches of the ossa pubis and ischia, which formthe anterior arch of the pelvis,k, k, The acetabula. The lines indicate the diameters of the supeiyor strait. A, A, The antero-posterior diameter; its natural width reduced to fourteen or fifteen lines, or so many portions, twelvemaking an inch. B, B, The transverse diameter—its length, in this subject, four inches, ten lines. C, C, The distance from the projection of the sacrum, to that of the margin which answers to the left acetabulum, thir-teen lines. D, D, The distance from the same point of the sacrum, to that of the margin which answers to the right acetabulum,twenty lines. ( i;k; ) EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. This plale is in


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