Case in Which the Presenting Arm Was Wrenched off in an Unsuccessful Attempt to Deliver, with Remarks
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On the 20th of May last, Dr Groves of Trinity requested me to see a woman who had been in labour for upwards of twenty-four hours, and who had fallen under his care after being abandoned by another practitioner on making several ineffectual, and it must be added, unskilful attempts to deliver. It was a case of twins, and the first child presenting naturally was delivered without trouble. The second was an arm-presentation (dorso-anterior), and the gentleman in attendance, after employing a great deal of strong traction on the arm, wrenched it completely away. It is not known whether the accoucheur previously made any attempt at turning (which of course was the
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