The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed / Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of Medicine

by Frederick Hollick

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[FRONTISPIECE], Eve in the Garden of Eden.

PLATE I.—Lateral Section, of the Female Pelvis, to show the position of the Organs in their natural state, [5]. PLATE II.—Front View of the Female Pelvis, with the External Walls removed, [9]. PLATE III.—The Uterus and its Appendages, [13]. PLATE IV.—Vertical Section of the Womb and Vagina, natural size, [18]. PLATE V.—The Muscular Fibres of the Womb, [23]. PLATE VI.—Muscular Fibres of the Womb, [27]. PLATE VII.—Bones of the Pelvis, [33]. PLATE VII.-a.—Male Pelvis, to show the difference in structure, [35]. PLATE VIII.—Section of the Pelvis, [37]. PLATE IX.—Diameters of the Upper Strait, [41]. PLATE X.—The Bones of the Pelvis viewed from below, [45]. PLATE XI.—The Direction of the Pelvis, [49]. PLATE XII.—Section of the Uterus, with the Ovum and appendages, at about one month, [65]. PLATE XII.-a.—Female Breast, [77]. PLATE XIII.—Breast about the Fourth Month, [90]. PLATE XIV.—Womb, at about the third, seventh and ninth months, [99]. PLATE XV.—Primipara, or the First Pregnancy.—Woman who has borne children before, [101]. PLATE XVI.—Mode of performing the Ballotment, to detect Pregnancy, [107]. PLATE XVII.—At the end of the Fifth Month, [111]. PLATE XVIII.—The neck of the Womb in a first pregnancy, and in a female who has borne children before, at the end of the seventh month, [116]. PLATE XIX.—Fœtus in the most usual position, [121]. PLATE XX.—Fœtus in the next most frequent position, [125]. PLATE XXI.—Presentation of the Pelvis, or breech, [129]. PLATE XXII.—The position of Twins, as most usually observed, [133]. PLATE XXIII.—End of the Ninth Month, [135]. PLATE XXIV.—The Fœtal head, [147]. PLATE XXV.—Diameters of the Head, [151]. PLATE XXVI.—Attitude of the Fœtus, [153]. PLATE XXVII.—Head just entering the upper strait, [173]. PLATE XXVIII.—Head lower in the Pelvis, [177]. PLATE XXIX.—Head beginning to Rotate, [181]. PLATE XXX.—Rotation of the Head, [183]. PLATE XXXI.—Head in the right anterior occipito iliac position, [187]. PLATE XXXII.—Delivery in a breech presentation, [194]. PLATE XXXIII.—Anterior posterior position of the head, [195]. PLATE XXXIV.—The chin just passed in presentation of the face, [200]. PLATE XXXV.—Presentation of right shoulder, [205]. PLATE XXXVI.—Descent of shoulder, [206]. PLATE XXXVII.—Descent of shoulder, [207]. PLATE XXXVIII.—Trunk descended, [208]. PLATE XXXVIII.-a.—State of the parts at beginning of labor, [215]. PLATE XXXIX.—Manner of supporting the perineum, [233]. PLATE XL.—Standard form of Pelvis, [271]. PLATE XLI.—Masculine Pelvis, [271]. PLATES XLII, XLIII, XLIV, XLV.—Deformed Pelves, [275]-[279]. PLATE XLVI.—Head fixed in a narrow pelvis, [282]. PLATE XLVII.—Case of Tumor, [289]. PLATE XLVIII.—Case of Polypus, [293]. PLATE XLIX.—Limbs cut off by the Cord, [301]. PLATE L.—Forceps, [346]. PLATE LI.—Head extracted by Forceps, [353].