TABLE OF THE POSITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS OF THE FETUS. 



Varieties. 



?",a 



Mortality. 



Position of Fetus. 



Position of Fetal 

 Heart-sounds. 



Vertex. ! 95 per ' Left occipito- L.O.A 70 per Occiput to left acetabulum, fore- One inch below, and 5 per Less 



cent, of anterior. cent. head to right sacro-iliac joint : to left of umbilicus. cent than 1 



all cases. back to left; extremities to right, per 



above. cent. 



Left occipito- L.O.P- 

 posterior. 



Right occipito- R.O.A. 

 anterior. 



Occiput to left sacro-iliac joint, In left flank, below a Over 9 

 forehead to right acetabulum ; transverse line per 

 j back in left flank ; extremities through umbilicus, j cent, 

 to right, anteriorly. 



Occiput to right acetabulum, fore- Near median line, be- Over 9 



head to left sacro-iliac joint ; low umbilicus. per 



back to right ; extremities to cent, 

 left, above. 



Right occipito- R O.P 

 posterior. 



30 per Occiput to right sacro-iliac joint, 

 cent. forehead to left acetabulum; 

 ! back in right flank; extremi- 

 I ties to left, anteriorly. 



In right flank, below 

 a transverse line 

 through umbilicus. 



5 per 

 cent. 



y% of 1 Left mento- L.M.A. Second Chin to left acetabulum, forehead 

 per cent, anterior. in fre- '■ to right sacro-iliac joint ; back 



quency. to right ; extremities to left. 



Left side of abdomen, 13 to 15 6 per 

 below umbilicus. , per cent, 

 cent. 



Left mento- L.M.P 

 posterior. 



I Chin to left sacro-iliac joint, fore- 

 head to right acetabulum ; back 

 to right ; extremities to lelt. 



Right mento- R.M.A. 

 anterior. 



Chin to right acetabulum, fore- 

 head to left sacro-iliac joint; 

 back to left ; extremities to 

 right. 



Left side of abdomen, 

 below umbilicus. 



Right side of abdomen, \ 

 below umbilicus. 



Right mento- R.M.P. 

 posterior. 



Most 

 com- 

 mon. 



Chin to right sacro-iliac joint, ; Right side of abdomen, 

 forehead to left acetabulum ; j below umbilicus, 

 back to left; extremities to 

 right. 



Left fronto-an- L.F.A. 

 terior. 



Brow to left acetabulum ; chin to Left side of abdomen, 30 per 10 per 

 right sacro-iliac joint ; back to below umbilicus. cent, i cent, 



left ; extremities to right, above. 



Left fronto- 

 posterior. 



Right fronto- R.F.A. 

 anterior. 



L.F.P. 



Brow to left sacro-iliac joint ; chin Left side of abdomen, 

 to right acetabulum ; back to below umbilicus, 

 left; extremities to right, above. : 



Brow to right acetabulum; chin Right side of abdomen, j 

 to left sacro-iliac joint ; back to below umbilicus, 

 right; extremities to left, above. 



Right fronto- R.F.P. 

 posterior. 



Brow to right sacro-iliac joint ; 

 chin to left acetabulum : back to 

 right; extremities to left, above. 



Right side of abdomen, 

 below umbilicus. 



Shoulder. 



X of 1 

 per cent. 



Left dorso-an- 

 terior. 



LD.A. 



Left dorso- L.D.P. 

 posterior. 



Most j Head in left iliac fossa, back an- 

 com- i terior; extremities on right side, 

 mon. in upper part of abdomen. 



Left side of abdomen, Almost 11 per 

 below umbilicus. j 50 per . cent, 

 cent. 



Head in left iliac fossa, back pos- 

 terior; extremities on right side, 

 in upper part of abdomen. 



Frequently cannot be 

 heard. 



Right dorso- R.D.A. | 

 anterior. 



Head in right iliac fossa, back 



' anterior; extremities on left 



side, in upper part of abdomen. 



Right dorso- 

 posterior. 



R.D.P. 



3 to 4 per 

 cent, of 

 all cases. 



Left sacro-au- 

 terior. 



L.S.A. 



Head in right iliac fossa, back 

 posterior; extremities on left 

 side, in upper part of abdomen. 



Right side of abdomen, 

 below umbilicus. 



Right side of abdomen, 

 below umbilicus to- 

 ward the flank. 



Left sacro-pos- L.S.P. 

 terior. 



Most Sacrum to left acetabulum ; back 

 com- to left anterior; abdomen to 

 mon. right posterior. 



Sacrum to left sacro-iliac joint; 

 back to left posterior ; abdomen 

 I to right anterior. 



Left side of abdomen, 

 above umbilicus. 



Left side of abdomen, 

 above umbilicus and 

 toward the back. 



30 per Less 

 cent, than 1 

 per 

 cent. 



Sacrum to right acetabulum; Right side of abdomen, 



back to right anterior; abdomen above umbilicus, 

 to left posterior. 



Sacrum to right sacro-iliac joint ; Right side of abdomen, 



back to right posterior; abdo- above umbilicus and 



men to left anterior. toward the back. 



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