The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . \ ^A^*. Fig. 1053.—-Trendelenburg-Walcher Posture, showing the Parturient Tract andTHE Degree of Pelvic Inclination. Note the downward rotation of the sym-physis and the enlargement of the pelvic inlet.—{From a photograph taken at the Emer-gency Hospital.) knee-elbow position may be used, although I have found the exaggerated latero-prone or Trendelenburg posture to answer better. In the puerperium, for thefirst two or three days the dorsal posture is advisable (page 694). After thethird day the patien
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . \ ^A^*. Fig. 1053.—-Trendelenburg-Walcher Posture, showing the Parturient Tract andTHE Degree of Pelvic Inclination. Note the downward rotation of the sym-physis and the enlargement of the pelvic inlet.—{From a photograph taken at the Emer-gency Hospital.) knee-elbow position may be used, although I have found the exaggerated latero-prone or Trendelenburg posture to answer better. In the puerperium, for thefirst two or three days the dorsal posture is advisable (page 694). After thethird day the patients time should be equally divided between the dorsal, twolateral, and if possible the abdominal posture (fiat on belly) (page 694). Drain-age is promoted by an early propping up of the shoulders. V. VAGINAL EXAMINATION. See Asepsis in Obstetrics, page 14S. 880 OBSTETRIC SURGERY. VI. DIGITAL EXPLORATION OF THE UTERUS. This procedure is often necessary in the diagnosis of incomplete abortionand septic conditions, and is performed as follows: The patient is placed in thelithotomy position, the
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