A System of midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and the puerperal state . he greatest widthof the space between these is aboutone-third of the distance from theshanks, and is two inches and ahalf. The fenestra have the ovaloutline of the original Davis andthe Hodge forceps, but the shanksare more closely approximatedthan in the former are nearly parallel, and thatof the female, occupies a positionin front of that of the male is an important change, andinsures the integrity of the peri-neum, so that the instrument canbe applied high up in the cavityof the
A System of midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and the puerperal state . he greatest widthof the space between these is aboutone-third of the distance from theshanks, and is two inches and ahalf. The fenestra have the ovaloutline of the original Davis andthe Hodge forceps, but the shanksare more closely approximatedthan in the former are nearly parallel, and thatof the female, occupies a positionin front of that of the male is an important change, andinsures the integrity of the peri-neum, so that the instrument canbe applied high up in the cavityof the pelvis or at the superiorstrait, without endangering any of the mothers tissues. The editor has used Professor Wallaces forceps for the past decade,in both private and hospital practice, almost to the exclusion of theeclectic instrument of the late Professor Hodge. When the head ishigh up in the pelvic cavity, or at the superior strait, they are moreeasy of application, and hold more firmly than the instrument ofHodge. Dr. Albert H. Smith, the eminent lecturer on Obstetrics at the. Wallaces forceps. XX VIII.] SMITH S FORCEPS 469 Fib.
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