...can be aroused with difficulty. He lies motionless, or drawn up into a peculiar position, with the legs flexed on the thighs, and the thighs on the abdomen, and obstinately resumes it if he is forcibly straightened. The same conditions of pulse, skin, and respiration...

...just above the pubes. The normal position of the child is : the head is flexed on the chest, the legs on the thighs and the thighs on the abdomen, and the hands are folded across v the chest. And so the child is usually born head first. During the stage of expulsion...

...lateral recumbent position. The back should be as near to the edge of the bed as possible, with the legs flexed on the thighs, and the thighs on the abdomen and the shoulders and head bent toward the knees. This bowing of the spine will afford the greatest space between...

...members to one another. In normal posture the head is flexed on the chest, arms folded on the chest, legs flexed on the thighs and the thighs on the abdomen, and the fetus presents an ovoid shape. LABOR. contradistinction to "dystocia," or abnormal labor. Labor is...