the time given begins at the first touch
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Rapid manual dilation of the os uteri. Fourth, Fifth, Sixth positions (partially obscured, and folded over (and partially obscuring) first, second and third)
cropped from page scan (captions and fold removed)
illustrating Philander A. Harris (1852-1924). “A method of performing rapid manual dilation of the os uteri and its advantage in the treatment of placenta praevia.” Transactions of the First Pan-American Medical Congress (September 1893), Part 1 (1895) : 882-887 (discussion 887-889)
Princeton copy, digitized December 8, 2009
different (Stanford) copy at archive.org (opens to same plate)
epigram p 886
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had been searching touch in transactions
tags: sleaves; starch; touch; Philander A. Harris, “A method of performing rapid manual dilation” (1893)