Excerpt from The Anatomy of Labour as Studied in Frozen Sections and Its Bearing on Clinical Work
Though the study of the Anatomy of Labour by frozen sections is a breaking of new ground, yet enough has been done to prove that this virgin soil will yield an abundant harvest and to justify a survey of what has already been gathered in. I have limited myself as much as possible to the study of frozen sections, as these give us the closest approximation to the condition during life; but it has been necessary to supplement this with what has been learned from the study of fresh specimens as well as spirit-hardened sections, especially as regards the condition of the cervix before labour and Of the interior of the uterus after it....