This beautiful and effective plate shows the natural position of the child at the time of birth.  It is technically called the presentment of the fœtus for birth.  Of the presentment’s there are many varieties, whose study is most interesting to the obstetrician.  Some of them give rise to very difficult and dangerous delivery.  When the presentment is natural, as in the figure, the comfort of the mother is increased and the doctor’s anxiety is modulated.

First off, the plate that this section refers to is located in our section on chart 2.  Here is the specific picture in question. 

Second,that lasthave sense that talks about the anxiety of the doctor, I think that could be misconstrued a couple different ways.  It could appear that the author is more worried about the doctor than the mother.  That was my initial interpretation.

It could also be, that the author was trying to tell the reader, that it’s okay to be anxious or you should be anxious if the fetus is not in the ideal position at childbirth.This could be some sort of hidden warning.It could also be something to tell doctors to relax if things are lined up correctly.

At this time, most babies were delivered at home.If a doctor was present, that was actually something.There really wasn’t a great deal that they could do though if things went seriously wrong. 

In our modern era we are so used to having medical professionals on hand to cover every little thing from corrective eye surgery to a nose job and we don’t think about these things. Furthermore, medical services of the specialized nature are becoming close in common. If I need to find a charlotte cosmetic dentist to fix my smile, I can drive 20 miles down the road and find one.

Back then, you are doing good field drive a buggy 20 miles down the road to find a general practice doctor.