An explanation of the process of the 'spontaneous evolution of the foetus' : with some remarks, intended to induce an inquiry, whether the usual mode of delivery be the more eligible, in arm-presentations / by John C. Douglas.

  • Douglas, John C., 1777-1850.
Date:
1811
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Credit: An explanation of the process of the 'spontaneous evolution of the foetus' : with some remarks, intended to induce an inquiry, whether the usual mode of delivery be the more eligible, in arm-presentations / by John C. Douglas. 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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    mons veneris; the arm and shoulder are en- tirely protruded, with one side of the tho- rax not only appearing at the os externum, but partly without it: the lower part of the same side of the trunk presses on the peri' Da3um, with the breech either in the hollow of the sacrum, or at the brim of the pelvis ready to descend into it: and by a few fur- ther efforts of the uterus, the remainder of the body, with the lower extremities, is ex- pelled. But to be still more minutely explanatory in this ultimate stage of the process, I have to state, that the breech is not expelled ex- actly' sideways, as the upper part of the trunk had previously been; for during the presence of that pain, by which the evolu- tion is completed ; there is a twist made about the centre of the curve at the lumbar vertebrae ; when both buttocks, instead of the side of one of them, are thrown against