University of Nebraska Medical Center DigitalCommons@UNMC MD Theses Special Collections 5-1-1964 Internal podalic version and extraction : the history, development, and modern day application Thomas C. Bush University of Nebraska Medical Center This manuscript is historical in nature and may not reflect current medical research and practice. Search PubMed for current research. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/mdtheses Part of the Medical Education Commons Recommended Citation Bush, Thomas C., "Internal podalic version and extraction : the history, development, and modern day application" (1964). MD Theses. 6. https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/mdtheses/6 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at DigitalCommons@UNMC. It has been accepted for inclusion in MD Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNMC. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. INTEIU~AL PODALIC VERSION ~1) EXTRACTION The History, Development and Modern Day Application Thomas Charles Bush Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine College of Medicine, University of Nebraska January 23, 1964 Omaha, Nebraska Index Part I A. Introduction and definition---page 1 B. History and development of internal podalic version-- pp. 1-3 1) Early practice by Pare and Soranus---pp. 1-2 2) Early publications---page 2 3) Braxton-Hicks method----page 2 4) llO .. case study of' Braxton-Hicks method---page 3 C. Potter's method and contributions pp. 3-6 1) Potter's method---pp. 3-5 2) Potter's results---page 5 a) shortening of labor---page 5 bJ complica~ions and ind~cations page 0 D.