Chloramphenicol in nontuberculous urinary infections.

examination has been developed and given special attention very good results have been claimed. It is a method of examination which is likely to become increasingly useful in the future. The clinical assessment of disproportion therefore depends upon a careful examination of the maternal pelvis and of the foetal head followed by fitting the head into the pelvis. The size of the pelvis can be estimated with a reasonable degree of accuracy by palpation of its outlet and cavity and measurement of the diagonal conjugate. The size of the foetal head can be judged by abdominal, vaginal and bimanual vagino-abdominal examination. The relative sizes of the head and pelvis can then be estimated by direct fitting of the head into the pelvic brim during bimanual palpation. The importance of frequently repeated examinations cannot be overstressed. Radiology provides a valuable auxiliary method of assessment in experienced and careful hands.