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Plave XX — Continued. 



Fig. 5. lustrument used to rotate or turn the fetus, known as a rotator. 



Fig. 6. Dilator of the neoii of the womb, used when conception can not talie 

 place owing to a contracted condition of the neck of the womb. 



Fig. 7. Repeller. An instrument from 2 to 3 feet long, used to force the 

 fetus forward into the womb. This operation is generally necessary 

 when the presentation is abnormal and the fetus has advanced too far 

 into the narrow inlet to the uterus to be moved. 



Fig. 8. Cartwright's bone chisel. Including the handle this instrument is 

 about 32 inches in length, the chisel portion is a little more than 2 

 inches long and 1 to 1^ broad. Only the middle portion is sharp, the 

 projecting corners are blunt and the sides rounded. This instrument 

 is used for slitting up the skin of a limb and as a bone chisel when it 

 is necessary to mutilate the fetus in order to effect delivery. 

 Plate XXI : 



Fig. 1. Embryotome. an instrument used when it is necessary to reduce the 

 size of the fetus by cutting away certain parts before birth can be 

 effected. This instrument may be long or short, straight or curved. 



Fig. 2. Also an embryotome. The blade can be made to slide out of or into 

 the handle. The instrument can thus bo introduced into or withdrawn 

 from the genital i)assage without risk of injury to the mother. 



Fig. 3. Schaack's traction cord. This is merely a cord with a running noose 

 at one end and a piece of wood at the other, to offer a better hold for 

 the hand. 



Figs. 4a and 46. Reuff's head collar for securing the head of the fetus. 



Fig. 5. Curved cord-carrier, used in difficult parturition to carry a cord into 

 regions which can not be reached by the arm. 



Fig. 6. Blunt hook, usefl in difficult parturition. 



Fig. 7. Short hook forceps, used in difficult parturition. 



Fig. S. Blunt finger hook. 



