The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 899.—Congenital Fig. 900.—Osteo- Fig. 901.—Rachitis. Rela- Fig. 902.—Oval Oblique Dislocation OF Both malacia. tively Contracted. Pelvis. Femurs. Figs. 899 to 902.—The Authors Lead-tape Tracings of Various Types of PelvicDeformity, showing Sagittal Sections and Shapes of the Pubic Arches of Each. of the uterus from the vagina. In any case the maternal soft parts are apt to bebruised and lacerated; so much so, indeed, that sloughing will often Fig. 903.—Double Oblique Fig. 904.—Spontaneous


The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 899.—Congenital Fig. 900.—Osteo- Fig. 901.—Rachitis. Rela- Fig. 902.—Oval Oblique Dislocation OF Both malacia. tively Contracted. Pelvis. Femurs. Figs. 899 to 902.—The Authors Lead-tape Tracings of Various Types of PelvicDeformity, showing Sagittal Sections and Shapes of the Pubic Arches of Each. of the uterus from the vagina. In any case the maternal soft parts are apt to bebruised and lacerated; so much so, indeed, that sloughing will often Fig. 903.—Double Oblique Fig. 904.—Spontaneous Fig. 905.—Rachitis. Abso- Fig. 906. — OvalPelvis Dislocation of One lutely Contracted. Oblique kypho- Femur. tic Pelvis. Figs. 903 to 906.—The Authors Lead-tape Tracings of Various Types of PelvicDeformity, showing Sagittal Sections and Shapes of the Pubic Arches of Each. (Edema is also a complication. The articulations are in certain cases separatedby the force exerted for the delivery of the child. Objective Symptoms.—(See General Diagnosis, below.) (Figs. 892 to 906.) 656 PATHOLOGICAL LABOR. GENERAL DIAGNOSIS. Previous History.—The previous history will often furnish essential infor-mation concerning the present condition of the pelvis. If traces of rachitis,for example, are seen in other parts of the body, there will be strong presumptiveevidence as to the presence of a rachitic pelvis. The history of previous laborswill offer a probable prognosis as to the termination of pregnancy. The char-acteristic influences of the


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