CONTENTS. Vll 



Lochia ...-.--- 67 



After pains - - - - - - - - ib. 



General directions for the management of the child — Defective vitality ib. 



Asphyxia of child - - - - - - - ib. 



Apoplexy — Caput succedaneum — Hemorrhage from the navel - 68 



Tedious Labour - - - - - - - - ib. 



Premature rupture of the membranes .... 69 



Excessive quantity of liquor amnii - - - - - ib. 



Toughness of the membranes ..... 70 



Rigidity of the soft parts . - - - - - ib. 



Face Presentations -...--. 71 



Causes . - . - - - - - 72 



Positions and mechanism . - - - - - 73 



Diagnosis . - - - - - - -74 



Treatment - - - . - - - - 75 



Pelvic Presentations— Causes - - - - - - ib. 



Prognosis . - - - - -,- 76 



Positions - - - - - - - - ib. 



Mechanism .---.--77 



Treatment - - • - - - - - 80 



Presentations op the Inferior Extremities - - - - 81 



Di;ignosis ....---. 82 



Positions effect --..--. 83 



Positions of knees . - - - - - - ib. 



Mechanism .--...-84 



Treatment -._..--- ih. 



Preternatural Labour, or dystocia ----- ib. 



Causes - - - - . - - -ib. 



Presentations of Superior Extremities ... - 85 

 Causes -.....-. ib. 



Diagnosis- - . - - - - . 86 



Positions - . . . - . - - 86 



Treatment — Version by the head — by the breech — by the feet - 87 



Method of procedure - - . - - - - 88 



Position of patient — Choice of hand . - . . ib. 



Version in cephalic presentations . - . - - 89 



The Forceps, history and description of - • - - 90 



Indications for their use - - - - - - 91 



Method of application - - - - - - f,3 



Which blade to be introduced first - - - - - ib. 



Mode of application in occipito-anterior positions - - . ih. 



" " occipito-posterior positions - . - 05 



Exception to the general rule of applying left-hand blade first - ih. 



Right occipito-iliac position - - - - . - 96 



Locked or impacted head ...... jb. 



