The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 105
of any reasonable traction. Limber forceps are simply barbarous, they not only do no good but they slip off and bruise the head and lacerate the perineum, and if by the prudence of the obste- trician they are prevented from doing this, they slip just far enough to concentrate all the bearing or… … Such is the instrument which I would offer as possessing many and material advantages over both the forceps in ordinary use and those of Tarnier. If they are used in accordance with the rules which I have en- deavoured to lay down in regard to the mechanism of forceps labour, I am sure that not…
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