A set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery : with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases / by William Smellie, M.D.

  • Smellie, William, 1697-1763.
Date:
1787
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Credit: A set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery : with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases / by William Smellie, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    delineated, with one ear to the pubes^ and the other to the os Jacrum; though fometimes, this may vary, according to the form o£ the head, as well as that of the peWis, Confult Dr Hunter s elegant plates of the gravid uterus. THE TENTH TABLE Gives a front view of Twins in utcro in the beginning of labour ; the anterior parts being removed, as in the preceding Ta- bles. A The uterus as ftretched with the mem^ hranes and waters. B. B The fuperior parts of the o[fa ilium. C. C The acetabula, D. D The ojfa ifchium, E The coccyx, F The lower part of the rediurn. G.G The vagina. H The OS intennim ftretched open about a P finger's