Minor surgical gynecology : a manual of uterine diagnosis and the lesser technicalities of gynecological practice : for the use of the advanced student and general practitioner . Fig. 242.—Thomas hinge pessary for anteversion. Fig. 243.—Pallens anteversion pessary. rests on the inclined plane, and it is removed by drawing on the anteriorarch. This pessary answers better for anteversion than flexion, but is in-troduced here as a companion to the cup pessaries. Another anteflexion pessary of Thomas is shown in Figs. 244 and cuts illustrate its principle and the manner of its introduction


Minor surgical gynecology : a manual of uterine diagnosis and the lesser technicalities of gynecological practice : for the use of the advanced student and general practitioner . Fig. 242.—Thomas hinge pessary for anteversion. Fig. 243.—Pallens anteversion pessary. rests on the inclined plane, and it is removed by drawing on the anteriorarch. This pessary answers better for anteversion than flexion, but is in-troduced here as a companion to the cup pessaries. Another anteflexion pessary of Thomas is shown in Figs. 244 and cuts illustrate its principle and the manner of its introduction andremoval. All these hinge instruments may be advantageously inserted througha Sims speculum, and their exact position be thus seen. The great objection to all these complicated hinge and spring instru-ments is that they very easily become offensive, and indent the , therefore, require very careful watching, and special hinges particularly are liable to indent the posterior wall. PESSARIES. 339 Dr. Thomas has shown special ingenuity in devising complicated an-teversion and anteflexion pessaries, and so many sub-varieties of his inven-tion


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