A System of midwiferyLea and Blanchard, 1851 - 422 pages |
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... head will be much less than where it is deep , and hence the resistance to the passage of the child will be proportionably diminished : in confirmation of this , we find that tall women , in whom the pelvis is usually deep , do not , on ...
... head will be much less than where it is deep , and hence the resistance to the passage of the child will be proportionably diminished : in confirmation of this , we find that tall women , in whom the pelvis is usually deep , do not , on ...
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... head is enabled to pass under the arch with greater facility , and thus still farther to relieve the anterior of the pelvis from its pressure . The length of the sacro - sciatic ligaments , and the mobility of the coccyx upon the sacrum ...
... head is enabled to pass under the arch with greater facility , and thus still farther to relieve the anterior of the pelvis from its pressure . The length of the sacro - sciatic ligaments , and the mobility of the coccyx upon the sacrum ...
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... head presents , it distends this part of the uterus , so that , in many cases , we have to pass the finger round it before we can reach the os uteri , which is now in the upper part of the hollow of the sacrum . All traces of the cervix ...
... head presents , it distends this part of the uterus , so that , in many cases , we have to pass the finger round it before we can reach the os uteri , which is now in the upper part of the hollow of the sacrum . All traces of the cervix ...
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... head is soon after this seen to be partially subdivided in three vesicles , which being also filled with a semi- fluid matter , gives rise to the rudimentary state of the encephalon . " " As the formation of the spinal canal proceeds ...
... head is soon after this seen to be partially subdivided in three vesicles , which being also filled with a semi- fluid matter , gives rise to the rudimentary state of the encephalon . " " As the formation of the spinal canal proceeds ...
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... head . There are as yet no traces whatever of extremities , or of any other prominent parts ; it is straight , or nearly so , the posterior surface slightly convex , the anterior slightly concave , and rests with its inferior extremity ...
... head . There are as yet no traces whatever of extremities , or of any other prominent parts ; it is straight , or nearly so , the posterior surface slightly convex , the anterior slightly concave , and rests with its inferior extremity ...
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