Midwifery among the Alaskan Indians
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squatting position as though she were in the act of defecation and using the hole as a privy vault. She grasps the stake with both hands. One squaw sits behind with arms elapsed around the patient's abdomen, and another sits at each knee to act as a brace or support. They make 110 examinations, the midwife not being allowed to see the vulva of the patient under any circumstances. When a pain comes the patient holds
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