Obstetric surgeryF.A. Davis Company, 1894 - 207 pages |
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Page 185 - Sinking the fingers deeply into the abdomen as if to grasp the bladder, a hand on either side of it, a side-to-side motion is made with each hand several times. 3. The index finger of the left hand is introduced into the vagina in such a manner as to partly encircle the neck of the bladder, and the right hand grasps the left wrist so as to regulate more evenly the pressure.