The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 433
e body, and the patient might even be in danger of having the thigh-bone broken by the pressure forward of the lower end of the trough. The simplicity of this apparatus, its effect in taking pressure off the acetabulum, and in bring- ing down the heel, are the grounds upon which it is recommended… … being simple in its construction, not likely to get out of order. We found with the original instrument that in cases where the vagina was large and much relaxed, the valves when folly expanded failed to distend the vagina sufficiently to give a view of the os. The modification consists in simply…
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