The obstetrician's vademecum; or aphorisms on natural and difficult parturition; the application and use of instruments in preternatural labours; on labours complicated with hemorrhage, convulsions, etc / Considerably Augmented and arranged according to the present state of obstetricy, by Michael Ryan.
- Thomas Denman
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The obstetrician's vademecum; or aphorisms on natural and difficult parturition; the application and use of instruments in preternatural labours; on labours complicated with hemorrhage, convulsions, etc / Considerably Augmented and arranged according to the present state of obstetricy, by Michael Ryan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ORDER IIIf. Labours rendered difficult from disproportion be- tween the dimensions of the cavity of the pelvis and the head of the child. 1. Original smallness of the pelvis. 2. Distortion of the pelvis. 3. Head of the child unusually large, or too much ossified. 4, Head of the child enlarged by disease. 5. Face inclined towards the ossa pubis. 6. Presentation of the face. 7. Head presenting with one or both arms. ‘ ORDER IV. Labours rendered difficult by diseases of the soft parts. . Suppression of urine. . Stone in the bladder. . Excrescences of the os uteri. Cicatrices in the vagina. . Adhesion of the vagina. . Steatomatous tumours. . Enlargement of the ovaria. . Rupture of the uterus. we Oo kD amst & ou Note. The disturbance of the natura] progress of labours, more especially the premature rupture of the membranes, is the most general cause of difficulties in parturition.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3328653x_0079.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
