V.V. Lezin. - Two cases of cartilage dissection in zemstvo practice. (Vrach, 1895, No. 16)

The author refers to the operation of the diagnosis with some enthusiasm and expresses the wish that the zemstvo doctors should contribute to the spread of this operation in Russia. His cases are as follows: 1) Primiparous, 24 years old. Rachytic pelvis with diagonal conjugate in 10 stm. The birth began. The head is driven into the entrance. There is no water. Contractions are frequent. Sagittal incision in the womb; one artery is tied at the base of the lust. Dissemination of cartilage in the usual way. When the head was removed with forceps (living fetus), the ends of the bones parted by 6 cm.