Identifier: compendioussyst00dewe (find matches)
Title: A compendious system of midwifery
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Dewees, William Potts, 1768-1841. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Obstetrics
Publisher: Philadelphia
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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( 561 ) FXPLANATION OF PLATE XVIII. Fig. I. a, a, a, The umbilical cord prolapsed before the presenting part ofthe child. Fig. II. a, a, An elastic gum catheter of the size called No. 8, reducedto one half its breadth and length. b, The stilet. c, The eye of the catheter. d, A loop of riband or tape passed over the cord, both ex- tremities of which are made to pass through the eye, c,and descend a little below the external extremity of thecatheter. It will be seen by this arrangement, that theupper extremity of the catheter can be put in contact withthe cord, by drawing the ends of the riband without, andgently pressing the instrument upward ; and when there,it may be kept in that situation, by forcing the point ofthe stilet upwards; or the loop, can be loosened by with-drawing the stilet, or ceasing to draw upon the externalends of the riband.e, e, The extremities of the riband. Fig. III. a, a, The body of the catheter. b, The stilet. c, The eye of the catheter, through which the rib

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