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5. On the Efficient Powers of Parturition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
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There can be no doubt that, among the numerous matters at present occupying the attention of obstetricians, none is more important than the subject of this paper. So evident is the correctness of this statement that one cannot but wonder why attempts to arrive at the truth have been, so far as we know, delayed till the present day. It is long since excellent researches of an analogous kind in regard to the force of the circulation of the blood, the power of the ventricles of the heart, were published; yet such researches do not seem naturally so attractive, nor do they give promise of so valuable practical results as those into the power of labour.
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page 379 note * Traité complét de l'art des Accouch. Ed. Bruxelles, p. 227.
page 381 note * In making this calculation the child is taken as 7 lbs., the pressure as 580 lbs., and it is supposed to be exerted through a space of three inches— measurements which are fair statements of the case. It is farther supposed that the friction is negligible when compared with the forward pressure. This is certainly the case if the forward pressure be nearly as much as is stated by Professor Haughton as possible.