Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . tionable whether we can by therapeuticmeasures cause increase in the development of the organ, and so renderit fit for gestation. If pregnancy is present, and the uterine walls arevery thin, Moldenhauers experience may cause us to consider the pro-priety of an early interruption of the pregnancy. At birth itself all thecustomary precautions v/hen rupture is threatened are in order, especiallyearly artificial delivery. Hemorrhage after delivery, from the thinnessof the Avails of the organ, should also be looked out for. CHAPTER XXXII. ONE-IIORXED UTERUS
Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . tionable whether we can by therapeuticmeasures cause increase in the development of the organ, and so renderit fit for gestation. If pregnancy is present, and the uterine walls arevery thin, Moldenhauers experience may cause us to consider the pro-priety of an early interruption of the pregnancy. At birth itself all thecustomary precautions v/hen rupture is threatened are in order, especiallyearly artificial delivery. Hemorrhage after delivery, from the thinnessof the Avails of the organ, should also be looked out for. CHAPTER XXXII. ONE-IIORXED UTERUS WITH ATROPHIED HORK {Uterus tmicornis cum cornii rudimentario.) TZTERE the convex side of the uterus unicornis has a structure attachedto it, which corresponds to a more or less developed second half ofthe organ. The developed part of the womb is exactly as has been de-scribed in the last chapter. The body in question may be small, rouiid, and solid; and it can beunconnected with the uterus and the ovary of that side (save for the peri-. FiG. 22.—Uteeus Unicornis of a Child. (After Pole.) a, Eight cornu, left being undeveloped;b, right oviduct; c, left oviduct; d, d, ovaries; e, bladder; /, vagina, into which the oriflcium urethrasprojects. toneal fold); showing that the MuUerian duct has atrophied at both it may appear as a thin, band-like muscular streak. Or again, it mayform a flattened solid muscular beam with thickened end, or perhaps itterminates m a hollow body, which communicates with a tube and is pro-vided with a round ligament and an ovary. The size of the mass representing the second cornu varies greatly indifferent cases, as does also its development mto a uterus-like organ, sothat Ave find all manner of transition stages between uterus unicornissimplex and uterus bicornis. 208 DEVELOPMENTAL OF THE UTERUS. The fleshy band which connects the second horn with the iinicorneduterus sometimes contains a canal, which may be blind at both ends, orm
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