Identifier: americantextbook00norr (find matches)
Title: An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Norris, Richard C. (Richard Cooper), 1863-1937 Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-
Subjects: Obstetrics Obstetrics
Publisher: Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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FIG. 374.—Mechanism of labor with dicephalus(Kiistner). Fig. 375.—Mechanism of labor in thora-copagus (Kiistner). Diseases and Death of the Fetus.—All diseases of the fetus that increase * There are two recorded deliveries of thoracopagi by Cesarean section i Hirst and Piersol,Human Monstrosities). DYSTOCIA. Plate 38.
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1. Skeleton of hydrocephalus (Hirst Collection, University of Pennsylvania). 2. Hydrocephalus(Hirst). 3. Hydrencephalocele posterior (Hirst and Piersol). 4. Hydrencephalocele superior. 5. Hydro-cephalus distending lower uterine segment (Varnier). 6. Tapping a hydrocephalus through the spinal canal, DYSTOCIA. 565 its bulk may constitute thereby an obstruction in labor. Cystic tumors, effu-sions in the serous cavities, anasarca, an enlarged liver, polycystic disease ofthe kidneys,24 and distended bladder from atresia of the urethra * are exam-ples. Liquid accumulations should be evacuated by puncture or by incisions.Hydrocephalus (PI. 38) is the most important condition under this head. It isnot very rare,f is often overlooked, and is a frequent cause of ruptured uterus.

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