A set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery : with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases / by William Smellie, M.D.

  • Smellie, William, 1697-1763.
Date:
1787
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Credit: A set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery : with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases / by William Smellie, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANATOMICAL TABLES, LLI.I.l.I The brim of the pelvis, or that- circumference of its cavity, which is defcri-r bed at the fides by the inferior parts of the ojfa iliumy and at the back and fore parts by the fuperior parts of the ojja pubis and fa^ crum. In this Table, befides the general ftruc- ture and figure of the feveral bones, the dir menfions of the brim of the pehis, and the diftance between the under parts of the o^a ifchium, are._ particularly to be attended to; from which it will appear, that the cavity of the brim is commonly wider from fide to fide than from the back to the fore part, but that the fides below are in the contrary pro- portion. The reader, however, ought not from this to conclude, that every pelvis is fi- milar in figure and dimenfions, fince even well formed ones differ in fome degree from ^ach other. In general, the brim of the pel- vis meafures about five, inches and a quarter from fide to fide, and four inches arid a quar- ter from the back to the fore part; there be- ing likewife the fame diftance between the inferior parts of the ojja ifchium. All thefe meafuresj