A system of gynecology . o. ribbon-shaped rudiment of the uterus: 6,6, the round ligaments; e, <\ Fallopian tube?: <,ovaries. (From Kussmaul, after Nega.) In-the examination. All observations which regard living persons mustbe eliminated, as the womb may be so rudimentary as to escape detec-tion even by the most skilful examiner. The total absence of the womb All REST OF DEVELOPMENT. 241 can only be proved by a careful post-mortem examination ; and eventhen the observer is liable to be led astray. He must especially thinkof the possibility that the supposed woman be really a man with
A system of gynecology . o. ribbon-shaped rudiment of the uterus: 6,6, the round ligaments; e, <\ Fallopian tube?: <,ovaries. (From Kussmaul, after Nega.) In-the examination. All observations which regard living persons mustbe eliminated, as the womb may be so rudimentary as to escape detec-tion even by the most skilful examiner. The total absence of the womb All REST OF DEVELOPMENT. 241 can only be proved by a careful post-mortem examination ; and eventhen the observer is liable to be led astray. He must especially thinkof the possibility that the supposed woman be really a man with femaleexternal genitals and hidden testicles. lie must furthermore distin-guish a rudimentary uterus from a Fallopian tube, the limit betweenthe two being the point of insertion of the round Ligament. The com- Fig. A, External View : a, a, the labia majora, that lay in close contact, but here are drawn apart;l>, I), the labia minora: r. the opening of the urogenital sinus; , bladder; c, small blindpouch at the upper end of the urogenital canal; i!, fine ridge detaching itself on both sidesfrom the wall of the urogenital canal, and forming a rudimentary partition of the sameinto an urethra and a vagina : (, peritoneal covering of bladder; /, section of the flat uterus,over which the peritoneum is extended without forming any deep pouch between it andthe bladder: it is bound to the bladder by means of loose connective tissue; g, symphysispubis; h, labia minora: i. labia majora. (, View from the Peritoneal Cavity, behind theUt
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