THE VALUE OF ABDOMINAL MEASUREMENTS IN PREGNANCY

6 September 1913

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 61 (10) , 746-749
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1913.04350100024008

Abstract

Since 1904 it has been customary for the assistants and students in my clinic at the San Francisco Maternity to measure the height of the fundus uteri above the symphysis in all cases of pregnancy. Measurements have been made with a tape-measure, placing one end on the upper border of the symphysis and the other on the ensiform cartilage. The uppermost margin of fundus of the uterus is located and read off the tape. In this paper, an effort will be made to estimate the value of these measurements in so far as they relate to the size of the unborn child and to the probable date for delivery. Some years ago Ahlfeld¹measured with a pelvimeter, the height of the fundus uteri in a series of cases and concluded that from the twenty-fourth to the fortieth week the height of the fundus increased gradually from 15 cm. to

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