TY - JOUR T1 - THe obliquely contracted pelvis, containing also an appendix of the most important defects of the female pelvis Y1 - 1939/09/23 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1939.02800380068038 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1250 EP - 1250 VL - 113 IS - 13 N2 - Franz Carl Naegele published the results of many years of laborious work on the obliquely contracted pelvis in a monograph in 1839, and now this centennial edition appears, a fine translation by Alfred M. Hellman and George Musa of New York. The profession owes a debt of gratitude to these men for undertaking and carrying through this work, because there are few copies of the original book in existence. Now every one interested in the science of obstetrics may study one of its most important building stones, a chapter on contracted pelvis. The basis of Naegele's work on obliquely contracted pelvis lies in the accurate and painstaking study of thirty-five pelves, of which several were of his own discovery but most were brought to his attention by his son and others. Ankylosis of the sacroiliac joints and arrest of the development of one lateral half of the sacrum formed the SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1939.02800380068038 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800380068038 ER -