Aphorisms on the application and use of the forceps and vectis, on preternatural labours, on labours attended with hemorrhage, and with convulsions / by Thomas Denman.

  • Denman, Thomas, 1733-1815.
Date:
1817
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Credit: Aphorisms on the application and use of the forceps and vectis, on preternatural labours, on labours attended with hemorrhage, and with convulsions / by Thomas Denman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    22. Bat should the body be separated from tin head by the force we have used, or should we Iff called to a case of this kind, there will be nooeell sion, for this reason alone, to act hastily or rashllj as the head may even then be expelled by tjjj pains. 23. But if this should be impossible, or if it absolutely necessary to extract the head speedilh$ on account of the state of the mother; 24. Then the general rules for lessening tig head must be accommodated to the exigencies this particular case, and the head may be cal j fined to a proper situation by compressing the« rt domen with a napkin passed across it, or by tM hands of an assistant. SECTIOH Till. Miscellaneous Observations. 1. It sometimes happens that no part of i child can be perceived before the membraiity break, though the os uteri be fully dilated. 2. In such cases we should not be absent wit | the membranes break, lest it should prove a pi ternatural presentation, requiring the child to! * turned. 3. In some cases, even when the os uteri is it lated, the membranes broken, and the waters It 4 charged, no part of the child can be felt.