The hydropathic encyclopedia : a system of hydropathy and hygiene in eight parts ..designed as a guide to families and students, and a text-book for physicians . 5. Entranceof the left ureter. of the urethra,converted into a mererissure by the contrac-tion of its walls. urinariue. 8,Clitoris, with its piffipu-tium, divided throughthe middle. 9. Leftnympha. 10. Left la-bium majue. 11, Meat-us of the vagina, nar-rowed by the contrac-tion of its 22. Canal of the va-gina, upon which the transverse rugae are apparent VS. The thick wall of separationbetween the vagina
The hydropathic encyclopedia : a system of hydropathy and hygiene in eight parts ..designed as a guide to families and students, and a text-book for physicians . 5. Entranceof the left ureter. of the urethra,converted into a mererissure by the contrac-tion of its walls. urinariue. 8,Clitoris, with its piffipu-tium, divided throughthe middle. 9. Leftnympha. 10. Left la-bium majue. 11, Meat-us of the vagina, nar-rowed by the contrac-tion of its 22. Canal of the va-gina, upon which the transverse rugae are apparent VS. The thick wall of separationbetween the vagina and rectum. 15. The perineum. 16. Os uteri. 17. Its cervix. fundus ; the envitas uteri is seen along its centre. 19. Rectum, showing the disposi-tion of its mucous membrane. 20. Anus. 21. Upper part of the rectum, invested bythe peritoneum. 23. Utero-vesical ibid of peritoneum ; the recto-uterine fold is seen be-tween the rectum and the posterior wall uf the vagina. 24. The reflexion of the peri-toneum, from the apex of the bladder upon the urachus to the internal surface of theabdominal parieties. 25. Last lumbar vertebra. 26. Sacrum. 27. VISCERA OF THE FEMALE PELVIS. The vagina is a membranous canal leading from the vulva to theuterus; its structure is composed of mucous, erectile, and contractilefibrous tissues. The mucous membrane is marked by a number oftransverse papillae, or rugce, and is covered by a thin cuticular epithe-lium, which is continued from the labia to the middle of the cervixuteri. The uterus is a flattened, pear-shaped organ, occupying the upperpart of the pelvic cavity between the bladder and rectum. Its fundusand body are enclosed in a duplicuture of peritoneum, which forms atransverse septum between the bladder and rectum, the folds of which,on either side of the uterus, are its broad ligaments. Its lower por-tion is the cervix: around the circumference the upper end of the SPLANCHNOLOGY. 231 vagina is attached; its opening into the vagi
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