Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . s steadied the head, and Avith the other hand the uterus Avas mas-saged to excite it to contract, and the fingers in the vagina were onlyAvithdrawn Avhen the head was firmly engaged. DOutrepont, and others, advised action on the trunk by means of thehand in the Aagina, Avhile the external hand endeavored to depress thehead toAvards the superior strait. Here is seen the germ of Braxton-Ilicks method. Ilohl and Wright counselled placing the right hand,where the head was to the left, on the head, the left hand in the A-agina,and its fingers in the axilla.
Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . s steadied the head, and Avith the other hand the uterus Avas mas-saged to excite it to contract, and the fingers in the vagina were onlyAvithdrawn Avhen the head was firmly engaged. DOutrepont, and others, advised action on the trunk by means of thehand in the Aagina, Avhile the external hand endeavored to depress thehead toAvards the superior strait. Here is seen the germ of Braxton-Ilicks method. Ilohl and Wright counselled placing the right hand,where the head was to the left, on the head, the left hand in the A-agina,and its fingers in the axilla. These fingers lift the body and press ittoAvards the maternal right side, while the right hand pushes the headtowards the superior strait, an assistant, at the same time, pushing thefundus uteri to the left. (Fig- 0.) Eigby (1844), Simpson (1845), Robert Lee, Braxton-IIicks, thus used VERSIOjST. 13 both hands; but, as has been pointed out by Barnes, it is the externalhand which does most of the work, and to-day, therefore, cephalic ver-. FiG. 5.—Cephalic Version. (After Busch.) sion is performed by pure external manipulations at the end of preg-nancy, and at the beginning of labor.
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