Resume of a report on position, pneumatic pressure and mechanical appliance in uterine displacements : read before the Georgia Medical Association at Savannah, April 23d, 1875 / by Henry Fraser Campbell.

  • Campbell, Henry Fraser, 1824-1891.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Resume of a report on position, pneumatic pressure and mechanical appliance in uterine displacements : read before the Georgia Medical Association at Savannah, April 23d, 1875 / by Henry Fraser Campbell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the sides. Tlie knees are to be separated from five to ten inches. The thighs must be perpendicular to the surface of the bed. “ She must not arch the spine upwards, for this brings into forcible action the abdominal muscles, which should be perfectly relaxed, with the spine curved downwards as we see it in sway-backed animals. With these precautions fully impressed upon her, she is to breathe easily and relax the muscles of the abdomen.” There are one or two errors to which patients are liable in taking their position. They also are described by Dr. Sims. They were deemed of sufficient importance to be contrasted in our Deport with the diagram-outline representing the true posture. Fig. 2. The first represents the outline having all portions of the body in proper relation with the plane surface upon which the figure rests. The perpendicular line, representing the thigh, elevates the hips to the highest attainable point, while the down- ward curve, towards the resting point, the breast, indicates the sudden and rapid decline from that elevation. This represents the most complete reversal of the bearing of gravity that the hu- man body can practicably be made to effect upon the same plane. The second figure scarcely requires particular description, as the manner in which the reversal of gravity must fail is suffi- ciently obvious. The last is to indicate an outline of the body which, though entirely different from the other, is still equally unfavorable to