The principles and practice of midwifery : with some of the diseases of women.

  • Milne, Alexander
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1871
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    :18. Naegelc’s Pelvis, or tlie obliquely distorted pelvis—oblique ovata. In the majority of cases of distortion or diminution, the fault, though not in an equal degree, attaches to difl'erent parts or sides, but in this case it is one-sided. Fig. 7. Naegele’s Pelvis : or, tlic obli<]ue ovata. Naegcle fu’st directed attention to it, and published a monograph brimful of research on the subject. The learned professor collected no fewer than 37 cases of this malformation, nearly all belonging to females. This oblique distortion consists of, or rather is due to, the absence of the sacro-iliac synchondrosis. On the affected side, which in a small majority of Naegele’s cases was on the right, there is complete anchylosis of the sacrum and innominate bone, and not the slightest trace of articular cartilage is to be discovered. The sacrum, moreover, is imperfectly developed, and some- what crooked. As a consequence, the sacral ])romontory and pubic symphysis are not opposite to each other, the