A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . PARTIAL PROCIDENTIA UTERI. Plate XXVI. PROCIDENTIA, WITH ELONGATION OF THE CERVIX UTERI. PROLAPSUS UTERI AND PROCIDENTIA. 609 the uterine cavity, as indicated by the uterine sound. Whydid they not have prolapse? They have weight enough inthe uterus and often a lacerated perineum. I answer, theydid not have prolapse, because their intestinal supportswere firm and normal, and the broad ligaments were notrelaxed, the cellular tissue around the vagina was normal,and the uterus had no superincumbent unnat
A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . PARTIAL PROCIDENTIA UTERI. Plate XXVI. PROCIDENTIA, WITH ELONGATION OF THE CERVIX UTERI. PROLAPSUS UTERI AND PROCIDENTIA. 609 the uterine cavity, as indicated by the uterine sound. Whydid they not have prolapse? They have weight enough inthe uterus and often a lacerated perineum. I answer, theydid not have prolapse, because their intestinal supportswere firm and normal, and the broad ligaments were notrelaxed, the cellular tissue around the vagina was normal,and the uterus had no superincumbent unnatural weight tosupport. Every woman is more liable after confinement than be-fore to have prolapse, it is true; but why ? Not because ofthe sub-involution of the uterus, for very few women have acomplete and perfect involution of the uterus in the ten daysthey commonly maintain the recumbent position, and if en-largement of the uterus was the cause of prolapse, allshould have it. Again, in the growth of uterine polypi and intra-muralfibrous tumors of the uterus, do we find the uterus pro-lapsed ? Seldom, if ever. Why is this ? T
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