An analysis of the section of the symphysis of the ossa pubis : as recommended in cases of difficult labour and deformed pelvis, by Doctor Alphonse le Roy, professor of midwifery at Paris / by James Rymer.
- Remey, James.
- Date:
- 1783
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An analysis of the section of the symphysis of the ossa pubis : as recommended in cases of difficult labour and deformed pelvis, by Doctor Alphonse le Roy, professor of midwifery at Paris / by James Rymer. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[27 ] lateral way, of cutting for the ftone j—but, ii I recoiled well, we have not yet heard of the middle way. Now, if one could be fure, that upon cutting the fymphyjis of the ojjd puhis^ the bones would feparate, in all cafes, three or four inches, with perfed fafety to the patient; that there would be no cracking, jerking and riving afunder of the pofterior ligamentary con- nedions j that ^he divided parts, hard and foft, fenfible and infenfible, would kindly reunite, and obligingly heal up in fifteen days, (as hap- pened in the experiment of thefow^) it would certainly be right to recommend the middle operation for the ftone in preference to all others. But, as prophecy implies a knowledge of futurity, of events not yet exifting, we, def- pairing of its fuccefs, and protefting againft all oracular affairs, candidly beg leave to fub- mit the fate of the middle operation for the ftone to the more refined genius and improved judg- ment of future ages. » T H E E N D.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22391708_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
