. Obstetrics: the science and the art. 5. Colpeurysis is from the Greek xoxpo? and fvpvco. The compoundword is intended to express the idea of vagina and dilater. Pre-viously to Dr. Braun, physicians and surgeons were accustomed tothe use of various methods of dilating the vagina or the cervixuteri, such as sponge tent, the tampon, &c., but the apparatus delin-eated in Fig. 75 is found so convenient that it will, when improved,doubtless become much in vogue in practice. Brauns colpeurynteris a vulcanized gum-elastic bag fitted into a small hollow cone ofhorn. There is fitted to the apparatus a
. Obstetrics: the science and the art. 5. Colpeurysis is from the Greek xoxpo? and fvpvco. The compoundword is intended to express the idea of vagina and dilater. Pre-viously to Dr. Braun, physicians and surgeons were accustomed tothe use of various methods of dilating the vagina or the cervixuteri, such as sponge tent, the tampon, &c., but the apparatus delin-eated in Fig. 75 is found so convenient that it will, when improved,doubtless become much in vogue in practice. Brauns colpeurynteris a vulcanized gum-elastic bag fitted into a small hollow cone ofhorn. There is fitted to the apparatus a ring for holding a strapand backle which serves to secure it from falling away when dulyadjusted. There is also a stopcock, as seen in the drawing. Thevulcanized rubber bag when empty may be introduced into thevagina, and then filled with air or tepid or cold water in quantity 256 PREGNANCY. sufficient to distend the bag at discretion, so that the walls of thevagina may be made to expand as much as they do when distended Fig. by the foetal head in labor. This colpeurysis may be carried on soslowly and so gently as to give no distressing pain, and if it be con-tinued for a certain length of time it inevitably causes the neck ofthe womb to dilate. Hence it is a neck dilater as well as a vaginadilator, and is used daily for hastening the dilatation in abortions, inhemorrhaghic labor, and other cases in which it is desirable to pre-cipitate the delivery of the woman. This colpeurynter rhakes avery good tampon, and possesses the great advantage of being em-ployed warm or cold, as it may be distended with water of any de-sirable temperature. I have used it as a tampon in placenta prseviain a case that required speedy dilatation to enable me to turn anddeliver by the feet, and I have used it in various other states of thefemale genitalia which I propose to speak of on the proper occa-sion ; for the present I mention its use as both a tampon and dilatervery appropriate in abortio
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