. Diseases of women. A clinical guide to their diagnosis and treatment. Fig. 7.— Simss DuckbillSpeculum. Fig. 6. — Ropers modification ofBarness Crescent Speculum. modified its shape so as toprevent this (Fig. 6). Butin some cases the great diver-gence of Barness instrumentis what you want. The duckbill speculum of Marion Sims(Fig. 7), used in the left lateral semi-prone position, givesyou a view of the vaginal portion and the vagina intheir natural relations, and enables you to fix a hookor volsella into the cervix, and pull it down so asto inspect it thoroughly. But you cannot do thiswithout
. Diseases of women. A clinical guide to their diagnosis and treatment. Fig. 7.— Simss DuckbillSpeculum. Fig. 6. — Ropers modification ofBarness Crescent Speculum. modified its shape so as toprevent this (Fig. 6). Butin some cases the great diver-gence of Barness instrumentis what you want. The duckbill speculum of Marion Sims(Fig. 7), used in the left lateral semi-prone position, givesyou a view of the vaginal portion and the vagina intheir natural relations, and enables you to fix a hookor volsella into the cervix, and pull it down so asto inspect it thoroughly. But you cannot do thiswithout an assistant. You also need a table, and, toget the utmost advantage from it, a special table, suchas Daggetts, which can be raised at the end on whichthe patients pelvis lies, and on the side towards whichher back is directed. The patient is placed on this withher hips close to its edge. Her left arm is placed behindher back. Her left thigh and knee are slightly bent, herright thigh is much bent, so that her knee goes against araised padded side which prevents
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