A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . ead, will consequently correspond to the left commissure of the neck. Fur-ther, the uterus is habitually inclined to the right, so that the line of its contractions isdirected from right to left, and, therefore, acts more energetically on the left side of thecervix. Hence, the most violent efforts occur at this point. OF THE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 73 if she has had but one or two of them, these characters are much
A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . ead, will consequently correspond to the left commissure of the neck. Fur-ther, the uterus is habitually inclined to the right, so that the line of its contractions isdirected from right to left, and, therefore, acts more energetically on the left side of thecervix. Hence, the most violent efforts occur at this point. OF THE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 73 if she has had but one or two of them, these characters are much less deter-mined, the orifice is nearly obliterated, and the neck has gradually resumed itsprimitive form; nevertheless, the fissure of the orifice is always sufficientlymarked, as well as the inequalities on the lips, to indicate antecedent marks may become more and more faint, but they never disappear altogether. § 2. Internal Surface. The uterus presents an internal surface circumscribing This latteris divided into the cavity of the body, and that of the neck. A. The cavity of the body is triangular in shape, presenting an orifice at each Fig. Fig. 15. Cavity of the Uterus and the Fallopian Superior border or fundus of the womb. b. Cavity of the womb. o. Cavity of the neck of the The canal of the Fallopian tube cut open. e. The fimbriated extremity or pavilion, likewise laid f. The ovaries, one-half of which has been removed so as to bring into view several of the Graafianvesicles. G. The cavity of the vagina, h h. The ligaments of the ovaries. e a. The round ligaments. of its three angles; the inferior one of which establishes a communication betweenthe cavities of the body and neck, and hence is called the internal or uterineorifice. The other two are the orifices of the Fallopiantubes; they are scarcely visible, and occupy the bottomof the funnel shaped cavities found at the superior anglesof the womb. In the state
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