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Signs of Delivery,
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212
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CHAPTER XVI.—
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The Progress, Phenomena, and Duration of
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Natural Labor.—First Period,
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214
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Second Period,
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216
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Duration of Natural Labor,
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220
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CHAPTER XVII.—
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The Conduct or Management of a Natural
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Labor.—Preliminary Requisites,
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222
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Preliminary Proceedings,
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223
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Preparations for the Delivery,
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226
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Attendance after the Preparations are made,
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and during the Delivery,
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229
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CHAPTER XVII.—
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Delivery of the After Birth, or Placenta and
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Membranes,
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239
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Attentions to the Female after the Delivery
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of the After Birth,
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242
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Attentions to the Child,
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243
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Accidents which may happen,
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246
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Subsequent Attentions to Mother and Child,
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249
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Concluding Remarks,
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255
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Section VI.
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protracted and difficult labors.
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CHAPTER XVIII.—
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The Causes and Consequences of Prolonged
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Labor to both Mother and Child,
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259
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The Consequences of Prolonged Labor,
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259
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CHAPTER XIX.—
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Causes connected with the Mother which
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may impede labor, or make it difficult,
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260
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Inertia, or Want of sufficiently Powerful
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Contraction in the Womb,
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260
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Rigidity of the Mouth of the Womb, Vagina
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and Vulva,
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264
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Obliquities of the Womb,
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266
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Prolapsus Uteri.—Smallness or Deformity of
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the Pelvis,
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267
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Tumors in the Pelvis,
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286
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Tumors externally.—Obstructions in the Vagina,
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295
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CHAPTER XX.—
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Causes connected with the child, or children,
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which may impede delivery.
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297
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Procidentia of the Umbilical Cord,
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297
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Shortness of the Cord,
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300
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Descent of other parts with the head,
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301
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Twins and Triplets,
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302
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Excessive size of the Fœtus, or the diseased
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development of certain parts,
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304
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Ossification of the Head,
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