Volume 3

An explanation of the process of the 'spontaneous evolution of the foetus' ; with some remarks, intended to induce an inquiry, whether the usual mode of delivery be the more eligible, in arm-presentations / [John C. Douglas].

  • Douglas, John C., 1777-1850.
Date:
1811
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An explanation of the process of the 'spontaneous evolution of the foetus' ; with some remarks, intended to induce an inquiry, whether the usual mode of delivery be the more eligible, in arm-presentations / [John C. Douglas]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    y I that not one line eitherof it, or of any other part of the child, which had once descend- ed, ever withdrew ; and it would not appear unreasonable to infer from Dr. Denman’s treatise, that although he must have fre¬ quently been in the room when a sponta¬ neous evolution occurred ; yet that he never happened to be paying attention at the mo¬ ment of its occurrence; and he having af¬ terwards found the child in the situation just mentioned, he concluded that it had ! . i , , , been expelled by the breech,- as in an original presentation of that part—or if it be admitted, that he might have been at the bedside, at this critical moment, I would suppose that his attention had been too much engaged, in supporting the excessive¬ ly distended perinaeum, to have observed what was going on a little farther forward ; and as he did not perceive what became of the shoulder, he concluded that it must have receded into the uterus, ^s he was original- /
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