A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . formed by a mu-cous membrane that is provided with a con-siderable quantity of mucous follicles. In young girls, the external lips are somewhat C1^0risthicker above, and approach each other closely; urethra, f. Orifice of vagina. v , • n i l-i l iii! ,i rior commissure of the vulva. L but in females who have borne children thev T « J J Anus. are separated, and have lost their regularity. They consist of a cutaneou
A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . formed by a mu-cous membrane that is provided with a con-siderable quantity of mucous follicles. In young girls, the external lips are somewhat C1^0risthicker above, and approach each other closely; urethra, f. Orifice of vagina. v , • n i l-i l iii! ,i rior commissure of the vulva. L but in females who have borne children thev T « J J Anus. are separated, and have lost their regularity. They consist of a cutaneous and a mucous layer, between which is a fibrouspartition, a continuation of the superficial fascia of the perineum. Between thisaponeurosis and the internal surface of the integument, is found a very thicklayer of cellulo-adipose tissue, filling up a peculiar pouch hitherto unknown toanatomists until discovered by M. Broca. From a dissection of it very obliginglyexecuted before me by the skillful prosector of the Faculty, the account of it isgiven. The interest which it possesses for the surgeon and the physiologist,induces me to describe it in detail in the note External genital parts. A. Mons veneris. B. Labia majora. C. D. Labia minora. E. Orifice of H. Poste- Perineum. 1 Imagine a membranous pouch, with a long and narrow neck, to be inserted betweenthe skin and the superficial aponeurosis, so that its bottom shall be towards the fourchette,and its orifice directed upward and outward, terminating at the external inguinal ring, andwe shall have an exact idea of the double layer which I am about to describe. This layer commences at the bend of the groin, in front of the opening of the externalinguinal ring, and derives its fibres in great part from the fascia superficialis of the thighand abdomen; some of them, however, proceed directly from the spine of the pubis and 56 FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. The external labia are provided with vessel?, both arterial and v
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