. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fig. 4323.— Retroflexion Fig. 4324.—Elastic Bull) Pessary. state is a favorable time for curing retroflexion. Theuterus should be placed in anteversion soon after theeighth day, and the patient be directed to lie on the sideas much as possible ; after two weeks she should take theknee-chest position every day. Operative Treatment of Retroflexion,—Although pessa-ries are of great service in the treatment, and often leadto a cure, of retroflexion
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fig. 4323.— Retroflexion Fig. 4324.—Elastic Bull) Pessary. state is a favorable time for curing retroflexion. Theuterus should be placed in anteversion soon after theeighth day, and the patient be directed to lie on the sideas much as possible ; after two weeks she should take theknee-chest position every day. Operative Treatment of Retroflexion,—Although pessa-ries are of great service in the treatment, and often leadto a cure, of retroflexion, yet there are certain cases inwhich they cannot be used—sometimes on account of atender and troublesome prolapsed ovary ; occasionally onaccount of a malformation of the vagina (absence of a 454 REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. UterineDisplacements. posterior cul-de-sac); occasionally on account of a specialnervous irritability or unwillingness on the part of thepatient to be treated with pessaries, and for various otherreasons. For such cases various operative methods oftreatment have been proposed and tried. These opera-tions are also proposed to ac
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