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The Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions of James Young Simpson (Volume 1 ); Edited by W. O. Priestley and Horatio R. Storer

The Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions of James Young Simpson (Volume 1 ); Edited by W. O. Priestley and Horatio R. Storer

Simpson, James Young

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ISBN10: 1235791297
ISBN13: 9781235791291
Publisher: General Books
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.65 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1855 Excerpt: ... ON TURNING, AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR CRANIOTOMY AND THE LONG FORCEPS, IN DEFORMITY OF THE BRIM OF THE PELVIS, ETC. Dr. Simpson, presenting the following papers on this subject in 1850, in a collected form to his pupils, prefaced them with the following remarks: -- During a residence of a few weeks on the west coast of Scotland in the autumn of 1847,1 wrote the following imperfect Memoir; and it was subsequently published in different numbers of the ' Provincial Medical Journal.' The date of absence from my duties in Edinburgh expired before I had time to finish the Essay; and hitherto, other avocations and inquiries have prevented me from redirecting my attention to the subject. Four additional sections or chapters were intended to be added--namely, one on the mechanism of the proposed mode of delivery as influencing the steps of the practice itself; a second, on the cases of obstructed labour chiefly adapted for delivery by turning; a third, on the best mode of conducting the operation in these special cases; and a fourth, or last, upon the history of the practice in ancient and in modern times. The Essay is placed in its present unfinished form in the hands of my pupils, principally with the view of saving time in the discussion of the subject in the class-room; and the preceding notice is offered to them as some apology for its many deficiencies. I. Sect. I.--Illustrative Case, And Introductory Remarks.1 At a meeting of the Obstetric Society of Edinburgh, held on the 20th of January 1847, I had an opportunity of shewing to the members a large infant, extracted on the preceding evening by the operation of turning, through a pelvis, the brim of which '. From Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal, December 1847, p. 673. was greatly contracted. The followi...

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