A synoptical guide to the study of obstetrics : being an aid to the student in the class-room, in private study and in preparing for examinations / by Robert Barnes.

Date:
1883
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Credit: A synoptical guide to the study of obstetrics : being an aid to the student in the class-room, in private study and in preparing for examinations / by Robert Barnes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    position of the fundus uteri above the symphysis pubis. Its gradual rise in successive months. 2. Rhythmical movements of the uterus (Tyler Smith; Braxton-Hicks). Ballottement through the abdominal wall; fluctuation, elasticity. Ballottement by vaginal touch. The breast signs are further developed. Appreciation of the signs individually and in the aggregate. Signs during the Third Trimestrium. The signs of the first and second trimestrium continue and are accentuated. Continuous enlargement of the uterus. Rise in abdomen. Changes undergone in the Cervix and Lower Segment of Uterus throughout Pregnancy. Changes of shape—(1) During the first eight and a half months; (2) during the last fortnight. Bandl’s ring. Changes of situation and direction—(1) In early gestation; (2) in latter months. Softening.—Gradual from below upwards. Obliteration during the last fifteen days from above down- wards, frequent. State of the orifices of the uterus.—1. From commencement of gestation to the moment of obliteration of neck. In primiparce the os externum becomes oval or circular, and is smooth, slightly open. 2. In pluriparce the os externum is larger, gaping, yielding before the finger; presents fissures results of rents in labour; sometimes edges are everted. With advance of pregnancy