A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . - examination withtwo than with one. In thesecases we find the neck ofthe uterus larger, the openingmore distinct. In the aoed the os is sit-uated normally at the upperextremity of the vagina, andprojects into the vagina littleor none at all. The anterior,posterior, and sometimes the Fig. No. 3.—Old Womans Os walls of the vagina are shrunken into bands or tendonlike cords, that give the upper portion of the vagina a rough,irregular, tendonous feel, which we might mistake for dis-. 28 EA
A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . - examination withtwo than with one. In thesecases we find the neck ofthe uterus larger, the openingmore distinct. In the aoed the os is sit-uated normally at the upperextremity of the vagina, andprojects into the vagina littleor none at all. The anterior,posterior, and sometimes the Fig. No. 3.—Old Womans Os walls of the vagina are shrunken into bands or tendonlike cords, that give the upper portion of the vagina a rough,irregular, tendonous feel, which we might mistake for dis-. 28 EATON ON DISEASES OF WOMEN. ease did we not know this change was peculiar to womenafter the climacteric period has been passed several years. Finally, I will agree with Professor By ford in saying thata tender uterus is a diseased uterus. Normally, it is nottender. It should give no pain to make a thorough examina-tion, either digital or with the speculum or sound. If a care-ful examination gives pain we may be assured that somethingis wrong; that is, always understanding that a suitable sizedspeculum is used. A speculum of no considerable size should,of course, be introduced into the virgin vagina. For these examinations I prefer the uterine sound in-vented by Simpson, though I desire two or three sized probesalways at hand. The bi-valve speculum manufactured byMax Wocher & Son, of Cincinnati, is the speculum I gen-erally use; but in some cases we must have the is, perhaps, the best. I find little use for the com-mon glass instrument recommended by Furguson.
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