Clinical memoirs on the diseases of women . hich the uterus has pressing the finger deeply on the part of the vaginal cul-de-sacnot occupied by the tumour, we can pretty clearly make out by com-parative measurement the repletion of the surrounding parts; wecan also examine the surfaces and borders of the uterus, to see ifthere be any flexion. Great care is necessary in this part of theexamination, as we may easily mistake a flexion for a peri-uterinetumour. The examination of the uninvaded cul-de-sac shows notonly its depth, but also whether it is increased or diminished in either
Clinical memoirs on the diseases of women . hich the uterus has pressing the finger deeply on the part of the vaginal cul-de-sacnot occupied by the tumour, we can pretty clearly make out by com-parative measurement the repletion of the surrounding parts; wecan also examine the surfaces and borders of the uterus, to see ifthere be any flexion. Great care is necessary in this part of theexamination, as we may easily mistake a flexion for a peri-uterinetumour. The examination of the uninvaded cul-de-sac shows notonly its depth, but also whether it is increased or diminished in eitherdirection by the uterus being displaced by the tumour. This pointis the more interesting, because the displacements vary, not only indirection, but also as regards the amount of space occupied. Thusthe tumour may displace the uterus entirely, cervix and body, with-out causing any version, by a kind of pressure exercised equally on G 82 PELVI-PEIIITONITIS. the two parts of the organ. In the case (XII.) represented in Eig. 8^F^«- 8- FJG.
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