MECHANICAL EXTRACTION OF THE FQ-TUS. 499 



SECTION I. -CORDS AND BANDS 



forceps are to ti,. Imumn p"etiZer Thfy Ce'l" ddltif ,"'T 

 vantage l,hat they are readily procurable are che", ver?'!n 

 and can be eiiiploved wbere and wl„.„ J J" cneap, veiy p.irtable, 



or put out of the way. as the cords will Xavs bHn' ft. f r"""!,' 



They are used with the view of applying trictinn fo f].o f <- ^ 



they can be attached to the head,Tod>li nbs or t^U I ^'' ""'f 

 circunistanppQ TI10 i;,>,k„ '^'-'^v.. iimos, 01 tail, accordui" to 



t s ttVaiT ri tttS-!?;iti:tr-T;fe :/:£ 



fhVbodTo :f°"">' "T^^"'" "^""S'' ■' '= =' .«ost-i,„portant ?e„io ™ 



isSPIiiili 



a?d'i7re™ovtl "'"'' '° ^"'^ °' "''' ''«'>'■ ^""^ "'» '° sbre^'olslinlTo 



orll'^r&^ugt't;^^^ 



from a quarter to half-an-inch or moro thir>k A / ^ i ' l^ " ^°P^' 



l.»p or ,ron ri„«. by whicht forZnlt. n'oo e ?K^ "'5^^ \\l ^ 

 bon,e practitioners recommend strands of ManHla hemp and in mr'' 

 t.cular mstances, as when a somewhat ri^id loon is rmnbwl t ' 



Uther obstetrists prefer a leather band "cnip. 



to ptenrtm'^n^r £s°^il'iTa^\i;V''r^°''^^^ ',° '" "'^^ 

 hardness thinners, and strands, riL-^liaiTorruf B°„uhis!aceidt't 

 need not be much feared, and the durability, convenience and other 

 advantages possessed by the cords, are K.-eati; in the r favou TiZ 



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