Difficult labour : a guide to its management for students and practitioners / by G. Ernest Herman.

  • Herman G. Ernest (George Ernest), 1849-1914.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Difficult labour : a guide to its management for students and practitioners / by G. Ernest Herman. 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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    cannot feel the sutures and fontanelies, and the patient is so fat or is straining so that you cannot make a satisfactory diagnosis by abdominal examination; and on the other hand the head has sunk so far into the pelvis that it is clear that there is no obstruction at the brim, and your examination makes it certain that there is none at the outlet: in these circumstances the most comfortable advice, and the best practice, will be to apply forceps, pull, and leave the turns to nature (Fig. 8). But nature will not al ways turn the occiput forwards. I have known an hour’s tugging with forceps