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 . ition by those ligaments, as also by a special one,denominated the ligament of the ovary. The ovaries vary in situation, according to the age of the individual, and thestate of the uterus. In the foetus, they are placed, like the fundus uteri, in thelumbar region; but, during gestation, they rise into the abdomen along with thebody of the uterus, upon the sides of which they lie. Immediately after delivery the ova
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 . ition by those ligaments, as also by a special one,denominated the ligament of the ovary. The ovaries vary in situation, according to the age of the individual, and thestate of the uterus. In the foetus, they are placed, like the fundus uteri, in thelumbar region; but, during gestation, they rise into the abdomen along with thebody of the uterus, upon the sides of which they lie. Immediately after delivery the ovaries occupy the iliac fosste, where theysometimes continue throughout life; again, it is not at all uncommon to findthem turned backwards, and adherent to the posterior face of the womb. The ovaries vary in size, both from age, from the plenitude or vacuity of theuterus, and from health or disease. Being proportionably larger in the foetusthan in adult age, they diminish after birth, augment in volume at puberty,especially at the monthly periods, and dwindle away in old age. During preg-nancy and after delivery, they acquire in some cases quite a considerable volume. Fig. Ovary of the Young Female after Puberty. A. Body of the ovary, b. Utero-ovarian ligament, c. Tubo-ovarran ligament, d. Fallopian Fimbriated extremity of the tube. Before the age of puberty, the external surface of the ovaries is of a light rosecolor, and is smooth and free from inequalities. In women who have men-struated for several years the surface is rough, fissured, covered with smallblackish cicatrices, and sometimes with ecchymotic spots. Some of these cica-trices are linear, others are triangular or radiated; they are of a red color whenrecent, but become brown in the course of a few months. Sometimes a completeunion fails to take place between their edges, leaving a small opening, which com-municates with the ruptured cavity. After the period of life at which the mensesdisappear, the exte
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