An Experience of Three Cases of Pubiotomy

one, forceps had been used by two doctors outside without success. On admission the case seemed suitable for pubiotomy, but the foetal heart could not be heard, although it had been audible a short time before when the patient left her home. Craniotomy was therefore performed. The other patient was unmarried and a ii.-para. Her first child had been born after craniotomy, and forceps on this, the second, occasion proved of 110 avail. The pelvic brim was only slightly contracted, and the case was most suitable for pubiotomy, but the patient refused to have the operation, and one was therefore again compelled to do craniotomy. Three cases fulfilled all the necessary conditions, and they differ from the case recorded by Dr Young at last meeting, in that the chief indication was a contraction of the brim, not of