The Philadelphia practice of midwifery / by Charles D. Meigs.

  • Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena), 1792-1869.
Date:
1842
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    cessary, in ordinary cases of parturition. But, in examples of labour wherein a disproportion does exist, either from the excessive size of the child absolutely, or from a mal-position bringing incompatible diameters into relation, no doubt can be entertained, that these joints may be forced, and often are; or that the consequences of such strain will depend upon its de- gree, the state of the constitution, and, in some measure, on the plan adopted for its treatment. Certainly, many of those fe- males who complain of lumbagos and sciaticas supervening upon severe labour, should be suspected, at least, of some injury suffered in these articulations.