Cases in midwifery / by the late John Green Crosse ; arranged (with an introduction and remarks), by Edward Copeman.

  • John Green Crosse
Date:
1851
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    proceeded to deliver by turning ; and wlien he had dehvered tlie body, the head being still in the vagina, he left, although the midwife protested—she could not deliver the child, and twice sent for Mr. , who at length came and delivered ; the child dead. On account of the treatment she thus received, I was requested to attend her in this labour (1841) which, through the influence of some ladies, I consented to do. I was called at five in the moi'ning, and at eleven delivered by forceps—the face towards pubes—a living child, arrived, I think, not quite to the full term. Soon after this, a pain came ; and then an immense flow of liquor indicated that a fresh cavity of membranes had broken, and that there was another child. I did not wait till the uterus was firmly contracted, but proceeded to deliver by turning, as the nates and not the head presented. I soon got a foot, and without great delay, eifected the delivery of a male child, which was still-born; but I revived it, and soon it was as living as its sister. I found a projecting upper part of sacrum, narrowing the pelvis, and accounting for the difficulty. The woman did well, and the chil- dren also—she was a short woman, with short os humeri, and so far of a rickety aspect. The deformity of the pelvis has increased with her years, for by her first husband she had living children ; but by her present husband, in five or six years, of four preg- nancies no child had been born alive until now. Case 28. ]yXrs. C , set. 30 ; sixth labour. In three out of five former labours, the forceps were used, owing to the child's head resting on the pubes, and not descending. This time, after the uterus was dilated, no progress was made in several hours, and I used the forceps. The face was next the symph. pubis—a large living healthy child born, and all did well. Case 29. ;Mrs. H , set. 22 ; first pregnancy—in labour 24 hours. Mr. , who was in attendance, thought the forceps Avere re- quired, but did not succeed in applying them, so he sent for me. I found an ear to the pubes, and the head low down—I readily applied the forceps, the first being placed over the ear I felt; and delivery was eifected in 10 or 12 pains, with powerful traction of