The forceps operation : [with report of methods and an improved instrument] / by Ellice McDonald.
- McDonald, Ellice, 1876-1955.
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The forceps operation : [with report of methods and an improved instrument] / by Ellice McDonald. 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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![ments had been investigated by means of casts and lead tape outlines. These forceps have the advantage of ease of application because of the shortness and narrowness of the blades. They have all the advantages of the solid-blade forceps with the addi- tional advantage which the solid blades have not, that there is little or no danger of slipping off the head. Application of the Forceps.—The forceps operation should be divided for the purposes of classification into the operation i. f Fig. 8.—Head above perineum. First position. Against the head. When the head is above the perineum, and 2. When the head is upon the perineum, as different methods of application are used in these different situations. When the head is above the perineum the first two requisites before forceps should be attempted are that the cervix should be fully dilated, and that the head should be fixed at or in the pelvic brim. If the cervix is not fully dilated there will be grave danger of the possibility of] uterine rupture or cervical laceration into the broad ligaments, and forceps should never be attempted under any circumstances unless dilatation is complete.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22426516_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
