Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners.

  • Conquest, Dr.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and external sacro-iscldatic ligaments, the former being attached to the spinous process of the ischium, and the latter to the tuberosity of that bone. The ossa innominata are firmly bound together at the symphysis pubis, not only by a strong elastic fibro- cartilage interposed between the articulating surfaces, but also by powerful ligamentous fibres running in all directions. The OS coccygis and sacrum are united by an intervening fibro-cartilage, and the sacro-coccygeal ligament. [It was formerly supposed that the joints of the pelvis generally separated to a certain extent during parturition. This notion is erroneous: it however occasionally, but very rarely happens, that the liga- ments become relaxed during and after pregnancy. This affection is exceedingly difficult of removal, the ' patient often requiring to be confined to her bed for a very lengthened period. — J. M. W.] The uses of the pelvis are, to support the vertebral column and upper parts of the body, and to give lodgment to a portion of the small intestines, the urinary bladder, rectum, and internal organs of generation. DIMENSIONS OP THE ADULT FEMALE PELVIS, Three parts must be noticed, and their dimensions accurately ascertained : — The Brim, or superior aperture; The Cavity; and The Outlet, or inferior aperture.