Lectures on natural and difficult parturition / by Edward William Murphy.

  • Murphy, Edward W. (Edward William), 1802-1877.
Date:
1846
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Credit: Lectures on natural and difficult parturition / by Edward William Murphy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. LECTURE I. BONES OF PELVIS AND PELVIS COLLECTIVELY.—MEASUREMENTS OF PELVIS AND FCETAL HEAD. Obstetric Anatomy of the Pelvis—Coxal Bones divided by Brim into the Iliac or Abdominal portion and Ischiatic or Pelvic portion—Plane of Ischium— Double Inclination—Pubic portion—the Sacrum—Key-stone of Pelvis—Hollow and Promontory of Sacrum—Coccyx. Articulations of the Pelvis—Symphysis Pubis—Sacro-iliac Articulation—Sacro-vertebral Articulation. Pelvis collective- ly—Brim of the Pelvis—Iliac portion of Pelvis. Pelvic Cavity, with the Soft Parts—Influence of its shape on the Head of the Child. O^dlet—Perineeum— Object of measuring the Pelvis—Measurements of the Brim, of the Outlet— Measurements above the Brim, of the Brim, of the Cavity, of the Outlet— Table of Measurements of Eighteen Pelves—Measurements of the Child's Head 13—32 LECTURE II, MODES OF MEASURING THE PELVIS. Varieties in the Pelvis. Deviations from the Standard Pelvis—Pelvis too large —too small—imperfectly developed—like the Male Pelvis—irregularly formed. Deformities of the Pelvis—the Ovate Pelvis of Infancy—the Cordiform Pelvis of the Adult—Manner in which these Deformities are produced—Influence of Gravity, of Muscular Forces—Rickets and Mollities Ossium considered as Causes of Distortion. Modes of Measuring the Pelvis—Baudeloque's Callipers— Contouly's Pelvimeter—Boivin's Pelvimeter—Digital Measurement . . 33—.54 LECTURE III. MECHANISM OF PARTURITION. Definition of Labour—Divisions of Labours by various Authors—Division into Natural, Difficult, Preternatural, Complex—Definition of Natural Labour— Stages of Labour. Arrangement of the Muscular Fibres of the Uterus, on the External and Internal Surfaces. The Effect produced by the Contraction of the different Sets of Fibres—Manner in which the Dilatation of the Uterus is ac- complished—Use of Liquor Amnii. Order of Uterine Contractions—Wigand's views—Objections to them—Dewees' Eplanation of Ulerine^Aclion—Objections. Different Conditions of the Os Uteri—Dilatable—Rigid—Inflamed. Influence on the Action of the Uterus. . . . , 55—72
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