Elements of pathological anatomy . 768 UTERUS. bulky or of longstanding it may cause great irritation, and give rise to copioussanguineous and mucous discharges from the vagina.* Such are the distinctive characters of the four species of uterine polypes nowdescribed. To these it will be necessary to add a few remarks respecting cer-tain features which they possess in common with each other. Uterine polypes are found of all sizes, from that of a bean up to that of agourd. Fig. 229 represents a small tumor of this kind, of a pear shape, lobu-lated, and attached to the base of the womb by its foo
Elements of pathological anatomy . 768 UTERUS. bulky or of longstanding it may cause great irritation, and give rise to copioussanguineous and mucous discharges from the vagina.* Such are the distinctive characters of the four species of uterine polypes nowdescribed. To these it will be necessary to add a few remarks respecting cer-tain features which they possess in common with each other. Uterine polypes are found of all sizes, from that of a bean up to that of agourd. Fig. 229 represents a small tumor of this kind, of a pear shape, lobu-lated, and attached to the base of the womb by its foot-stalk. Their volume,in some cases, is immense. Dupuytren saw one which weighed twenty-fivepounds; and another, described by De Claubry, weighed thirty-nine pounds,and was nearly three feet in its vertical circumference. They occasionally ex-tend far down into the vagina, and cases have been witnessed in which theyreached more than ten inches below the vulva. (Fig. 230.) The shape of these Fig. Fig. 230. 1 , < \
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