Obstetrics : the science and the art . he will findhimself able, in performing the act of version, to adjust the smallestdiameters of the foetal cranium in such a way as to make them eoin-eide with the smallest diameters of the pelvic passages. DEFORMED PELVIS. r>\i The annexed figure (109), taken from Professor Nseg&les work onthe oblique-deformed pelvis, shows that, if the vertex Fig. 109. should be directed towardsthe left acetabulum, the di-mensions of the strait are somuch altered there by thefall of the pubis towards theright, that little expectationcould be indulged of the de-scent o
Obstetrics : the science and the art . he will findhimself able, in performing the act of version, to adjust the smallestdiameters of the foetal cranium in such a way as to make them eoin-eide with the smallest diameters of the pelvic passages. DEFORMED PELVIS. r>\i The annexed figure (109), taken from Professor Nseg&les work onthe oblique-deformed pelvis, shows that, if the vertex Fig. 109. should be directed towardsthe left acetabulum, the di-mensions of the strait are somuch altered there by thefall of the pubis towards theright, that little expectationcould be indulged of the de-scent of the cranium belowthe plane; for the anteropos-terior diameter of the cra-nium exceeds four inches anda half, while the bi-parietaldiameter is I subjoin the figure of a pelvis preserved in my collection (Fig. 110).Tt will be seen that it is right oblique deformed, like that describedby Professor Xasgele. Its dimensions, which I now carefully measure,are from the promontory of the sacrum to the top of the symphysis Fig.
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