. The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women. ce comfortably. 6. Menge Pessary. A large thick hard rubber ring,turned crosswise of the vaginal opening, will plugthe opening effectually for a short time. But whenthe patient walks about for a few hours the ring shiftsabout until its edge comes to the wide relaxed ^ vaginalopening and then it slips out. The Menge pessary (Fig. 461) has a centralstem which prevents thepessary from turning whenonce in place. To intro-duce this pessary, the de-tachable stem is removed,(Fig. 461-B), the thick ringintroduced and turnedsquarely across the vaginal
. The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women. ce comfortably. 6. Menge Pessary. A large thick hard rubber ring,turned crosswise of the vaginal opening, will plugthe opening effectually for a short time. But whenthe patient walks about for a few hours the ring shiftsabout until its edge comes to the wide relaxed ^ vaginalopening and then it slips out. The Menge pessary (Fig. 461) has a centralstem which prevents thepessary from turning whenonce in place. To intro-duce this pessary, the de-tachable stem is removed,(Fig. 461-B), the thick ringintroduced and turnedsquarely across the vaginalopening with the hole inthe cross-bar directed Fig. 46i-b. Fig. 461. The Menge Pessary. A. The pessary with the stem in place. B. The pessary with the stem de-tached from the ring portion of the pessary, preparatory to introduction of the latter. After the ring portionhas been introduced, the stem is fastened in place as shown in A. The stem lies in the vaginal canal, and keepsthe ring from turning into any position that will allow it to slip
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