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Title: The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Cameron, James C. (James Chalmers) Norris, Richard C. (Richard Cooper), 1863-1937 Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-1950
Subjects: Obstetrics
Publisher: Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders & Co.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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ether the headis descending and rotating properly or is being too forcibly compressed. Ifthe head rotates as it descends, 111 * - forceps will rotate along with it, :in<l thehandles will turn from the horizontal position into the t> 1 i«• unlocked and readjusted before the anlposterior diameter is reached, r injurious pressure may be made upon thevestibule and urethra in front or th<- perineum and rectum behind. Some-times the blades require to be readjusted several times before delivery iscompleted. Should the blades be removed before the h<<i<l is completely delivered t < Opinionsare divided on this point. Those who favor oon-removal claim thai the forceps(^ivcs the operator greater control over the head a- it runic-, through the vulva,and enables him t Hex or extend it at pleasure, or hold it back it a violentpain drives it down too suddenly upon an insufficiently dilated perineum.
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Fie removed as soon as thehead reaches the muscular pelvic floor. Non-rotation is apt to occur inflat or funnel-shaped pelves, or when the fetal head is large and the occiputwide. In such cases the head ma

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