. Obstetrics: the science and the art. t, and might a priori be supposed as great,as that occasioned by the dilatation of the cervix and os uteri atterm, which in the last days of pregnancy have become thin andyielding; whereas, in the early months, the whole cervix, as well asthe OS uteri, is of an almost cartilaginous hardness and rigidity. 467. At the beginning of an effort to miscarry, the womb isshaped like Figure 69. The egg lies in the cavity made out of theexpanded corpus et fundus; but, before the ovum can be ex-pelled, the long cylindrical neck must first be converted into a cone,lik
. Obstetrics: the science and the art. t, and might a priori be supposed as great,as that occasioned by the dilatation of the cervix and os uteri atterm, which in the last days of pregnancy have become thin andyielding; whereas, in the early months, the whole cervix, as well asthe OS uteri, is of an almost cartilaginous hardness and rigidity. 467. At the beginning of an effort to miscarry, the womb isshaped like Figure 69. The egg lies in the cavity made out of theexpanded corpus et fundus; but, before the ovum can be ex-pelled, the long cylindrical neck must first be converted into a cone,like Fig. 70. But, after the cervix has been altered in shape, so asto become a cone, the ovum cannot escape until by a further processof dilatation that cone is turned into a wide open cylinder, where-upon the ovum is thrust forth and falls into the vagina, as in Fig. 71. 252 PREGNANCY. In Fig. 72 is seen the form last assumed by tlie aborting womb, inwliich the cone is become reversed, its apex being now at the fundus Fig. 69. Fig,
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