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Mechanism of labour. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Mechanism of labour.
- Date:
- 1934
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Description
The film illustrates the mechanisms of labour in childbirth by means of a model pelvis and foetal skull, viewed from in front and from below. 1 segment.
Publication/Creation
England, 1934.
Physical description
1 encoded moving image (4.23 min.) : silent, black and white
Contributors
Duration
00:04:24
Copyright note
Copyright previously held by British Medical Association and assigned to Wellcome in 2005
Terms of use
Unrestricted
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Contents
Segment 1 The intertitles explain that the mechanism of labour is mainly concerned with the movements of the foetus' head trying to accommodate itself to the pelvic canal. Four types of movements are described: 'descent', 'internal rotation', 'actual birth of the head' and 'external rotation of the head'. These four types of movement are then demonstrated with a model pelvis and skull, with views shown from in front and from below. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:04:23:23 Length: 00:04:23:23
Creator/production credits
Produced by R.S.S. Stratham at the Department of Obstetrics, University of Bristol.