MECHANICAL EXTRACTION OF THE FCETUS. 



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So it is that the point should not bo turned round in a semicircular 

 manner, but rather at an acute angle, as in Figs. 181, 182. 



There is rather a diversity of opinion with regard to the preference 

 to be accorded to the crotchets ; some practitioners preferring the short 

 ones, as they can be readily carried into the uterus guarded by the hand 

 and moved about there, so as to be implanted in the most convenient 

 part of the foetus ; while the cords attached to them allow traction to 

 be made in the most favourable direction. Other obstetrists prefer the 



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Fig. 179. 



Long Blunt 

 Cbotchet. 



Fig. 180. 

 Long Pointeh 



CllOTtHET. 



Fig. 181. 



Fig. 182. 



Long Pointed Crotchets, 

 Darreau'.s Pattern. 



long rigid crotchet, which they aflirm is more easily placed — one hand 

 guiding the point through the passage, the other hand acting on the 

 handle. 



These preferences depend very much upon whether the operator is 

 more practised in the use of one or other of the crotchets, and also, 

 doubtless, upon circumstances peculiar to each case requiring the em- 

 ployment of such instruments. Both long and short crotchets are 

 most useful, and the obstetrist should have several of each, of various 



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