Volume 1

A system of obstetric medicine and surgery : theoretical and clinical for the student and practitioner / by Robert Barnes and Fancourt Barnes.

Date:
1884-1885
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A system of obstetric medicine and surgery : theoretical and clinical for the student and practitioner / by Robert Barnes and Fancourt Barnes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PAGE PAGI! • oo . 102 Fiftli woek . . 91 Sixth week . . 93 Fifth month . . .102 Second month . 95 Sixth month . 103 Third month . 97 Seventh month . . 104 Nervous system . ... . 98 Eighth month . 104 Urino-genital canals . . 98 Ninth month . 105 CHAPTER V. THE PLACENTA. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FOSTUS. Thefcetal memhrafies . 106 Decidua serotina . 117 The chorion 106 The placenta . j . 118 The amnion 108 Thcfcetal circulation . . 124 Liquor amnii . . . 109 Changes in circulation at birth . 128 The yolk sac 109 Physiology of the fcetits . 129 The umbilical cord 109 Eespiration . 129 Structure of the umbilical cord 110 Temperature ];51 Strength of the umbilical cord 111 Nutrition . ■ . 131 The maternal membranes . 112 Secretion .... 133 Decidua vera 112 Excretion .... 133 Decidua reflexa 115 CHAPTER VI. ANATOMY OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. Thejielvis . . . . .134 The sacrum .... 134 The coccyx 135 The OS innominatum ^ . .135 The circumference . . .136 The lumbo-pelvic joints ' = . 139 The sacro-vertebral symphysis . 139 The sacro-vertebral arthroses . 139 The sacro-coccygeal joint . . 139 The sacro-iliac joints . . .139 The sjinphysis pubis . . .141 The mobility of the pelvic joints 142 Softening of the pelvic joints in pregnancy and labour .... 144 The soft parts of the 2>ehns . . 146 The soft parts which line the greater pelvis .... 147 Modifications of the upper pelvis by the soft parts . . . 149 Soft parts lining the true pelvis 160 The pyramidal muscle . . . 150 The obturator interuus muscle . 150 The bladder .... 150 The rectum 150 The nerves 151 Modifications of the pelvic cavity by the soft parts 152 The lymphatics .... 152 The abdominal walls . 154 The posterior wall of the abdo- men ... 154 The antero-lateral walls 155 The pelvic floor .... 156 The pubic segment 157 The sacral segment 157 The connections between bladder, urethra, uterus, and rectum . 158 Mutual actions of the pubic and sacral ligaments 158 The pelvic floor projection . 158 The peritoneum .... 158 Tlie broad ligaments . 159