Essentials of Obstetrics Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by William Easterly Ashton (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...and extends from the ensiform cartilage to the pubes. As the umbilicus is not the same distance above the pubes in all cases, the transverse line may or may not pass through it. The maximum of intensity of the foetal heart sounds is heard as follows: Vertex Presentati0ns.--Below the transverse line and to the right or left of the perpendicular line. Face Presentati0ns.--On the transverse line and to the right or left of the perpendicular line. Breech Presentations.--Above the transverse line and to the right or left of the perpendicular line. Shoulder Presentntiorzs.--On the perpendicular line, midway between its point of intersection with the transverse line and the pubes. How is the diagnosis of positions made by auscultation? The maximum of intensity of the foetal heart sounds is heard as follows: Vertex. L. O. A. Midway on a line extending from the left ilio-pectineal eminence to the point of intersection of the transverse and perpendicular lines. R. O. A. At the same point on the right side. R. O. P. Midway on a line extending from the right sacro-iliac joint to the point of intersection of the transverse and perpendicular lines. L. O. P. At the same point on the left side. Face. L. F. A. On the transverse line and to the right of the perpendicular line. R. F. A. On the transverse line and to the left of the perpendicular line. R. F. P. On the transverse line and to the left of the perpendicular line. L. F. P. On the transverse line and to the right of 'the perpen dicular line. Breech. L. S. A. At a point near the perpendicular line on a line extending from the middle of last left false rib to the intersection of the transverse and perpendicular lines. R. S. A. At the same point on the right side. R. S. P. On the same line and on the...