An essay upon the spontaneous evolution of the foetus ... / By John Kelly, M.D.

  • Kelly, John, M.D., active 1816.
Date:
1816
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Credit: An essay upon the spontaneous evolution of the foetus ... / By John Kelly, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ the body of the child is brought into such ft “ compacted state, as to receive the full farce of “ every returning action. The body, in its dou- “ bled state, being too large to pass through the “pelvis, and the uterus pressing upon its inferior “ extremities, which are the only parts capable “ of being moved, they are forced gradually “ lower, making room, as they are pressed “ down, for the reception of some other part “ into the cavity of the uterus, which they have “ evacuated; till the body, turning as it were “ upon its own axis, the breech of the child is “ expelled, as in an original presentation of that “ part.”— This is the Doctor’s explanation of the fact; as to his reasoning upon it, the truth is—that the success attending a few cases of unmolested arm-presentations unsettled, without sufficient cause, the notions which he had previously en¬ tertained of the management that such cases re¬ quired; and, indeed, if we reflect that a dead child was produced in every case, we can hardly bestow upon any of them the commendation of success: at the utmost it can only be applicable