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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PromontoryFig. 195.—Manual method of measuring the diagonal conjugate. and that it is contracted at the brim when the diameter falls below that limit.Occasionally the sacro-pubic diameter at the brim will be found shortened withan external conjugate of 1h inches (19 centimeters), and it may be normalwhen the diameter of Baudelocque is less than 7\ inches (18 centimeters).Contraction in other diameters must be excluded. An interspinal equal to or greater than the intercristal diameter indicatesflattening of the pelvis; when both are small, there is general contraction. 3. Vaginal Examination.Before examining per vaginam the obstetricians hands and the externalgenitals of the patient are to be cleansed with the same care that is observedduring labor. CONDUCT OF NORMAL LABOR, Plate 25.
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Measuring the external conjugate: the black dots show the points from which the measurements are taken (from a photograph). CONDUCT OF NORMAL LABOR. Plate 26.

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