A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 572. — Deventers method of extraction f the after-coming head and arms (I Dickinson -. and need not be extracted first. The body is pulled directlydownward toward the ground, until the shoulders descend andpress upon the pelvic floor. The childs body is then carried downward and backward under tin-womans buttocks, the headbeing rolled out of the parturient outlet between the arms, whicheasily follow after. To do this the womans buttocks must pro-ject well beyond the vd^c of the bed, and the child must be KM BR YOTOMY. carried well under them. The operation is on


A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 572. — Deventers method of extraction f the after-coming head and arms (I Dickinson -. and need not be extracted first. The body is pulled directlydownward toward the ground, until the shoulders descend andpress upon the pelvic floor. The childs body is then carried downward and backward under tin-womans buttocks, the headbeing rolled out of the parturient outlet between the arms, whicheasily follow after. To do this the womans buttocks must pro-ject well beyond the vd^c of the bed, and the child must be KM BR YOTOMY. carried well under them. The operation is only possible underthe most favorable conditions, and is not always to be relied has, however, the merits of simplicity and rapidity. EMBRYOTOMY. Embryotomy is a mutilating operation upon the fetus. Theterm is generic,and includes the following operations: Craniotomy, decapitation, evisceration, and amputation of the extremities. Craniotomy—In this operation the childs head is perforated,the contents evac


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