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The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . Pio. 4.—Harris-Dickinson portable pelvimeter. Fig. 5.—Measuring external conjugate. taken. The line of the external diameter does not usually coincide with theline of the internal, and the thickness of hones and superimposed structuresdiffers, of course, in each individual. In 30 cases in which Litzmann hadan opportunity to compare the measurement o\ the external conjugate takenduring life with the actual measurement of the true Conjugate taken afterdeath, there was an average difference of J.) centimeters, hut the maximum d
The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . Pio. 4.—Harris-Dickinson portable pelvimeter. Fig. 5.—Measuring external conjugate. taken. The line of the external diameter does not usually coincide with theline of the internal, and the thickness of hones and superimposed structuresdiffers, of course, in each individual. In 30 cases in which Litzmann hadan opportunity to compare the measurement o\ the external conjugate takenduring life with the actual measurement of the true Conjugate taken afterdeath, there was an average difference of J.) centimeters, hut the maximum difference was centimeters and the minimum 7 centimeter: a variation of centimeters in this small number of cases. Michaelis found a differenceof to centimeters, and Schroeder 1]- to 3 centimeters between theexternal conjugate of the living body and that of the dried specimen. The 26 AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF OBSTETRICS. measurement of the external conjugate, therefore, is not to be relied upon inmaking an estimate of the size of the true conjugate.
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