Elements of pathological anatomy . ed be said in a treatise on pathological anatomy. Those which we shall briefly notice on this occasion may be comprised under the heads of retroversion, anteversion, prolapsion, and inversion. . , In retroversion (Fig. 219), the orifice of the uterus is tilted up against the pubic symphysis, and the iundus is throwndownwards and backwards, so as to form atumor between the vagina and the the axis of the organ is totally reversedrelatively to its natural situation within thepelvis. This species of displacement is mostapt to occur between the third a
Elements of pathological anatomy . ed be said in a treatise on pathological anatomy. Those which we shall briefly notice on this occasion may be comprised under the heads of retroversion, anteversion, prolapsion, and inversion. . , In retroversion (Fig. 219), the orifice of the uterus is tilted up against the pubic symphysis, and the iundus is throwndownwards and backwards, so as to form atumor between the vagina and the the axis of the organ is totally reversedrelatively to its natural situation within thepelvis. This species of displacement is mostapt to occur between the third and fourth monthsof pregnancy ; it may, however, take place ata much later period ; and, in some instances,it has been noticed soon after delivery. Itsprogress, though occasionally gradual, is gene- rallY rapid. Anteversion (Fig. 220) is a displacement pre-cisely the reverse of the preceding, that is tosay, the fundus of the womb is carried for-wards on the urinary bladder, and the mouthbackwards towards the rectum and the hollow. INFLAMMATION. 761 Fig. 220.
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