V. A. Bogoroditsky. - About the conduct of childbirth according to the Indian method. - (Channel. Tamb. Med. General, 1894, 1-12. Tambov, 1895, p. 157).

Abstract

The author calls the Indian method the method of delivery on his heels, on his knees, in general with the position of the body close to vertical. This method was practiced exclusively by the ancients, and now it is widespread among wild and uncultured peoples. The position of a woman in labor with this method, according to the author, is the most natural, because the act of childbirth by self-awareness approaches the act of defecation, the anatomical structure of the birth canal in an upright position favors the rapid passage of the fetus and less pressure of the presenting part on the perineum. The author adopted this method with success, and in the sense of speed and ease of childbirth and in the sense of preserving the integrity of the perineum, in 5 primiparous, of which one was 20 years old, the rest 30-40 years.