A manual of practical obstetrics : arranged so as to afford a concise and accurate description of the management of preternatural labours : preceded by an account of the mechanism of natural labour / from the French of Julius Hatin, by S.D. Gross ; with an appendix containing A physiological memoir upon the brain / from the French of M. Magendie, by Joseph Gardner.

  • Hatin, Jules, -1839.
Date:
1828
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Credit: A manual of practical obstetrics : arranged so as to afford a concise and accurate description of the management of preternatural labours : preceded by an account of the mechanism of natural labour / from the French of Julius Hatin, by S.D. Gross ; with an appendix containing A physiological memoir upon the brain / from the French of M. Magendie, by Joseph Gardner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in proportion as the parts advance, he reduces them to the first presentation. Remark,—If the trunk has already been, in part, delivered, the accoucheur should place his left hand upon the abdomen of the child, and the right upon the back; the presentation should be remedied, and in proportion as the child advances, it should be reduced to the first. I. The heels may correspond directly to either side of the pelvis, as has been admitted by Baude- locque. In these presentations, we should conform to the general rules for introducing the hand. If the heels be to the right of the pelvis, it is necessary to introduce the left hand and to bring them to the se- cond presentation; but if they present to the left, we should introduce the right hand and reduce them to the first presentation. II. In the presentations where the heels corres- pond to the pubis or the sacrum, either hand may be introduced; but then the one that is used is to decide the position in which the labour is to be completed. By introducing the right hand, the heels may be brought to the left of the pelvis, so as to be converted into the first presentation; but if the left hand be introduced, the heels must be brought to the right of the pelvis, and be converted into the second presentation. Remark.—In these preternatural presentations, where the trunk is already, in part, delivered, we must endeavour to push it up by placing one hand under the belly and the other upon the back, so as to bring the foetus to a diagonal position in propor- tion as it advances. In case the whole trunk has passed the neck of the uterus, and the head alone remains in the supe-