A practical treatise on inflammation of the uterus, its cervix and appendages : and on its connexion with uterine disease . felt in the medical pro-fession, should still exercise an evident control over medical science inEngland—a country which has now for three centuries professed Pro-testantism. And yet, unless we admit that such is the case, how canwe account for the existing state of uterine pathology, or explain theopprobrium thrown, until within the last few years, by the governingbodies of our leading medical corporations, upon those who devote theirattention to midwifery, and to the di
A practical treatise on inflammation of the uterus, its cervix and appendages : and on its connexion with uterine disease . felt in the medical pro-fession, should still exercise an evident control over medical science inEngland—a country which has now for three centuries professed Pro-testantism. And yet, unless we admit that such is the case, how canwe account for the existing state of uterine pathology, or explain theopprobrium thrown, until within the last few years, by the governingbodies of our leading medical corporations, upon those who devote theirattention to midwifery, and to the diseases of females, inseparablyconnected with midwifery ? CHAPTER II. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE UTERINE ORGANS. UTERUS—OVARIES- -BROAD LIGAMENTS—VAGINA-FASCIA, -VULVA—AND PELVIC The uterus occupies the median region of the pelvic cavity, lyingbetween the bladder anteriorly and the rectum posteriorly, with bothof which it has important connexions. It is contained, as also theovaries, Fallopian tubes, and round ligaments, in the folds of theperitoneum, which constitute the lateral or broad ligaments. Fig. The Uterus and the Lateral Ligaments, {reduced from Quails Plates.) The anterior wall of the uterus adheres to the bladder inferiorly, forabout half an inch. The limits of this adhesion are : from the inser-tion of the vagina on the cervix to the cul de sac formed by the peri-toneum, as it is reflected from the posterior wall of the bladder to theanterior surface of the uterus. The posterior surface of the uterus isconnected with the rectum, but indirectly, through the medium of theperitoneum, which, after covering it and the superior region of thevagina, is reflected on the rectum, so as to form the posterior or utero-rectal pouch. The form of the uterus is that of a hollow conoid, with its largeextremity, the body, directed upwards, and its small extremity, thecervix, downwards. The neck of the uterus is divided externally into tworegions, by the insertion of th
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