Lectures on obstetric operations : including the treatment of hæmorrhage, and forming a guide to the management of difficult labour / by Robert Barnes.

  • Robert Barnes
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1886
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Credit: Lectures on obstetric operations : including the treatment of hæmorrhage, and forming a guide to the management of difficult labour / by Robert Barnes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LECTURE XVIII. PA'>K jMeclianical Complications of Pregnancy and Labour : Dystocia from Displace- ment of the Womb : Retroversion—History of Retroversion and Retro- flexion of the Gravid Womb—Origin of Retroversion and Retroflexion in the Early Months, Complete and Incomplete —Incomplete Retroflexion at the End of Gestation—Diagnosis from Extra-uterine Gestation—From Pelvic Cellulitis—From Retro-uterine Hamatocele—Prolapsus and Proci- dentia Uteri and Hypertrophic Elongation of the Cervix L^teri Treatment ... ... ... ... ... ... 212 LECTURE XIX. Mechanical Complications of Labour {continued)—Dystocia fiom Tumom's : Fibroid or Myoma—Polypus—Ovarian—Extra-uterine Gestation-cyst— Condylomata—Retro-uterine Heematocele ... ... ... ... .. 237 LECTURE XX. j\Iechanical Complications of Pregnancy and Labour {continued)—Deformities of the Skeleton—The Rachitic Pelvis—The Kyphotic Pelvis—The Osteo- malacic Pelvis—The Spondylolisthetic Pelvis—Disease of the Pelvic Articulations—Naegele's Pelvis — Fractures of the Pelvic Bones — The Thorny Pelvis—Diagnosis of Pelvic Deformity—Peculiarities of Labour in Deformed Pelvis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 254 LECTURE XXL Rupture of the Uterus, Vagina, and Periuieum—Definition of Laceration, Rupture, and Perforation—Premonitory Signs and Prophylaxis—The Con- ditions under which Rupture occurs : in Non-pregnant Uterus ; during Pregnancy ; during Labour—Lacerations from Obstruction to Labour— Laceration of the Vagina—Traumatic Lacerations—The Symptoms and Course of Cases of Laceration—The Treatment—Difiiculties in Diagnosis —Illusti'ations of Sources of Error—Descent of Intestine... ... ... 267 LECTURE XXIL Inversion of the Uterus—Definition—Acute and Chronic—Spontaneous or Produced by External Force—Conditions of its Occurrence : John Himter's Theory—Crosse's Three Degrees—Symptoms and Diagnosis—Terminations : Shock—Hemorrhage—Death—Gangi'ene—Transition to Chronic Form— S^wntaneous Reduction—Treatment: Modes of Reduction ... ... ... 312 LECTURE XXm. Craniotomy—The Indications for the Oj)eration—The Operation—Two Orders of Cases—Perforation Simple ; and Followed by Breaking-up or Crushing the Cranium, and Extraction—Exploration—Perforation—Extraction by Crotchet, by Turning—Delivery by the Craniotomy-Forceps ; Use of, as an Extractor, as a Means of Breaking-up the Cranium ; Use in Extreme Cases of Contraction—Delivery by the Cephalotribe—Powers of the Cephalotribe ; Comparison with Craniotomy-Forceps—The Operation—Dr. D. Davis's Osteotomist—Lamination : Van Huevel's Forceps-Saw—Delivery by the Author's ]\Iethod of Embryotomy by the Wire-Ecraseur—Tarnier's Method —Injuries that may Result from Craniotomy ... ... ... ... 326