A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . FIG. In-version witli UterinePolypus. (Thomas.) 85 Itorns. REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL no. 4909. —uterinePolypus. (Thomas. \The uterus is iu itsnormal sound passes intoits cavity. by an intrauterine tumor, especially a libroid tumor, wiiicli is attached by a pedicle somewliere in the upperportion of the uterine canal, and whose body is withinthe j^rasp of the uterine muscle. Long-continued con-tractions of the uterus in th
A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . FIG. In-version witli UterinePolypus. (Thomas.) 85 Itorns. REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL no. 4909. —uterinePolypus. (Thomas. \The uterus is iu itsnormal sound passes intoits cavity. by an intrauterine tumor, especially a libroid tumor, wiiicli is attached by a pedicle somewliere in the upperportion of the uterine canal, and whose body is withinthe j^rasp of the uterine muscle. Long-continued con-tractions of the uterus in the effort to expel the tumormay drag down the uterine wallwhere the pedicle is attached, firstproducing an indentation () and finally, as the tumor isextruded, complete inversion ofthe organ. This process may re-quire several months, while the ac-cident following labor occurs in avery few minutes. f<i/»)ptoms.—The chief symptomis hemorrhage, which is persistentand often excessive in both vari-cties. Dragging, bearing down, ir-ritability of the bladder and rec-tum, and a sense of fulness may beromplaiued of iu the chronic vari-ety, while pain and collapse oftenaccompany the hemorrhage of acuteinversion. Diiir/nonis.—In acut
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