A synopsis of the various kinds of difficult parturition : with practical remarks on the management of labours / ... With notes and additions, by Thomas C. James.

  • Merriman, Samuel, 1771-1852.
Date:
1816
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Credit: A synopsis of the various kinds of difficult parturition : with practical remarks on the management of labours / ... With notes and additions, by Thomas C. James. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LABOURS MAY BE DIVIDED INTO TWO CLASSES: *1. Eutocia—Natural Labour. t 2. Dystocia—Difficult Labour. CLASS I.—EUTOCIA, COMPREHENDS ONLY ONE ORDER. I. Eutocia Simplex—Natural Labour. Natural Labour. Smellie, Denman, Plenck, &c. Easy Labour. Cooper. Definition.—Natural labour is that, in which the vertex presents, the head descends •From Ev, bene, and r«*7», pario, seu rexes, partus. fFrom 3«f, difficulter, and rexes, partus. I