. On the theory and practice of midwifery . The capacity of the cavity may also be diminished by a fibrous or bonygrowth from the sacrum, as in the annexed figures. The first (fig. 17) iscomparatively small, though sufficient to interfere seriously with labour;Hut the second (fig. 18) would preclude the possibility of delivery per DEFORMITIES. 53 Fig. vias naturales. These morbid growths from the periosteum, or bone,involve the same difficulty as distortions, inasmuch as they are incom-pressible and immoveable. Fig. 19.

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