A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 446.—Complete inversion with prolapse: ./. Mons veneris; />, labiamajora; C, labia minora; Dy clitoris; E, urinary meatus ; Ft external anterior bor-der of the vagina ; G, external border of the os uteri; //, the internal surface of theuterus, now external (Boivin and Dug6s). Syncope, or inversion. An immediate vaginal examination shouldalways be made, whereupon the nature o\~ the trouble should mani-fest itself at once. The inverted uterus is found filling up thevagina, and almost projecting from the vulva. By abdominalpalpation one notes the absence of uter
A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 446.—Complete inversion with prolapse: ./. Mons veneris; />, labiamajora; C, labia minora; Dy clitoris; E, urinary meatus ; Ft external anterior bor-der of the vagina ; G, external border of the os uteri; //, the internal surface of theuterus, now external (Boivin and Dug6s). Syncope, or inversion. An immediate vaginal examination shouldalways be made, whereupon the nature o\~ the trouble should mani-fest itself at once. The inverted uterus is found filling up thevagina, and almost projecting from the vulva. By abdominalpalpation one notes the absence of uterine tumor in the hypo-gastrium, and can detect, moreover, a groove or slit runningacross what remains of the cervix. If necessary, a rectal exam- LABOR COMPLICATED BY ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES. 567 ination would reveal the absence of the womb and the depressionin the cervix where it is inverted even more plainly than thesesigns could be detected by abdominal palpation; but a rectal ex-amination should scarcely ever be neces
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