A compendious system of midwifery - chiefly designed to facilitate the inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of study, illustrated by occasional cases (1837) (14583313107)
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Identifier: 101563798.nlm.nih.gov
Title: A compendious system of midwifery : chiefly designed to facilitate the inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of study, illustrated by occasional cases
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Dewees, William P. (William Potts), 1768-1841
Subjects: Midwifery Pregnancy Delivery, Obstetric
Publisher: Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine
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be desirable to fix it in this posi-tion, it ran be done instantly by forcing the stilet home; and if ( 660 ) it be necessary to take off the pressure from the cord, it can bereadily effected by again withdrawing the stilet a short distance.Whereas the ligature in fig. III. is permanent, and will conse-quently maintain a uniform pressure upon the cord, and mayeven arrest the circulation within it. If it be necessary to with-draw the catheter after the loop is returned, it can be done ineither case with equal facility by drawing the stilet so as to dis-engage its point from the riband, where it passes through the eyeof the catheter, and then removing the catheter itself. Therewill be, however, this difference in the situations of the ligatures;that of fig. II. will be without compression on the cord; whilethat of fig. III. will constantly remain the same. DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES. The plates are to be placed at the end of the book, makingflicm face their explanations. THK END.
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