The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 196.—Palpating the Upper Fetal Pole by External Palpation.—(From aphotograph taken at the Emergency Hospital.) much pressure. Stronger pressure may be necessary to ascertain the amountof resistance, mobility, etc., but it should be remembered that strong pressureblunts the tactile sensibility of the ends of the fingers. The small parts bythis method will be felt as small rounded knobs, more or less movable. If theexaminer will steady the fetus in its long axis, and exert some pressure uponthe uppe
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 196.—Palpating the Upper Fetal Pole by External Palpation.—(From aphotograph taken at the Emergency Hospital.) much pressure. Stronger pressure may be necessary to ascertain the amountof resistance, mobility, etc., but it should be remembered that strong pressureblunts the tactile sensibility of the ends of the fingers. The small parts bythis method will be felt as small rounded knobs, more or less movable. If theexaminer will steady the fetus in its long axis, and exert some pressure uponthe upper pole, the dorsal convexity will be considerably increased, and thereforemore easily palpated. Another method is to apply moderate deep pressurewith the palm of the hand on the middle of the abdomen. This displaces thefetus toward the side to which its back is turned, and while the pressure is main-tained with one hand the examination may be made satisfactorily with theother (Fig. 195). In order to make out whether the back of the fetus is turned THE EXAMINATION OF PREGNANCY. 157 to
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