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Definition of Footlings
1. footling [n] - See also: footling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Footlings
Literary usage of Footlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Recorder (1850)
"Of these five r1 dren, two were footlings, the others head presentations.
Three children of sinple births were likewise footlings : cnf of these, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1843)
"One was with the face to the pubis and two were footlings. Nothing worthy of
record took place during their delivery. ..."
3. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1888)
"footlings 8” x 9” run through to receive heels of main and relief chain braces.
3 Balanced rudder stocks, 8” x 8”, blade 3” thick with shoes. ..."
4. Wisconsin Medical Journal by State Medical Society of Wisconsin (1908)
"If complications exist, turn and bring down a foot, for the mortality in footlings
with funic prolapse is not greater than under such presentation without ..."
5. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1921)
"There were in this total number of cases: 80 abdominal Cesarean sections.
13 footlings. 22 breech cases. 2 vaginal Cesarean sections. ..."
6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1880)
"Breech and lower extremity, 26 (including 7 footlings); upper extremity, 5 (3
left, 2 right). Total, 31. Complex.—Twins, 7; placenta praevia, 4; ..."
7. The Medical Times and Gazette (1875)
"A woman of small stature was delivered at Baltimore of four children, the first
a shoulder presentation, the others footlings. Labour occupied about an hour ..."
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