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

PLATE VII.

Bones of the Pelvis.

The four principal bones, as found in Mature life.—A. A. The Ossa Ilii, or Ossa Innominata, commonly called the haunch, or hip bones.—B. The Os Sacrum, or lower part of the back bone.—C. The extreme termination of the back bone, called the Os Coccygis.

The divisions into parts, as in Early life.—The Ilium, A, on each side, is in three parts; the Ilium, properly so called, marked a. a.; the Pubis, marked b. b.; and the Ischium, marked c. c. The Sacrum is in five parts, marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

d. Is the last bone of the spine, which joins the Sacrum.—e. e. Are the Sockets in which the upper parts of the thigh bones fit, forming the hip joints.—g. g. The two rings, formed by the bones of the Pubis and Ischium, each called the Foramen Magnum.

Plate VII.

Bones of the Pelvis.