Handbook of midwifery for midwives : from the official handbook of midwifery for Prussian midwives, published by direction of the Minister for Spiritual, Educational, and Medical Affairs / by J.E. Burton.

  • Prussia
Date:
1884
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Credit: Handbook of midwifery for midwives : from the official handbook of midwifery for Prussian midwives, published by direction of the Minister for Spiritual, Educational, and Medical Affairs / by J.E. Burton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    is the greater ischiatic notch, a space covered over by soft parts. From the spine of the ischium, and also from the tuberosity of each side, a strong band or ligament passes to the edge of the sacrum, by means of which the pelvic bones are more firmly bound together. § 19. The womb-, or pubic bone, projects the most for- ward, and by its union with the bone of the opposite side forms the front wall of the pelvis. The upper part is called the horizontal ramus, or branch. It extends from the acetabulum to the symphysis pubis, and the ridge on the upper border of it is called the crest of the pubes. From the symphysis the descend- ing ramus passes down to become the ascending one of the ischium. The lower border of the symphysis, the descending branches of the pubes, and the ascend- ing ones of the ischium, form the pubic arch. Between the branches of the ischium and of the pubes there is an egg-shaped opening covered by a sinewy mem- brane. This goes by the name of the oval o])ening. § 20. The pelvis, internally, is wide above and narrower below. Hence it is divided into the false, or greater pelvis, and the true, or lesser. If the “ pelvis ” simply is spoken of, the true pelvis is meant. The true is separated from the false pelvis by a line running through the promontory of the sacrum, continued on each side along the ilio-pectineal line and the crest of the pubis, and ending at the symphysis. §21. The false pelvis is widest above, and becomes nar- rower below. It has a bony boundary behind and at the sides only : behind, the lowest lumbar vertebra; and at the sides, the two hip bones. It is closed in, in front, by the soft abdominal walls, and it is the