A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . some women they are so thin as to admit of thefoetal limbs being very readily made out by palpation. Their densityis, however, always much diminished, and instead of being hard andinelastic they become soft and yielding to pressure. This change coin-cides with the commencement of pregnancy, of which it forms, as recog-nizable in the cervix, one of the earliest diagnostic marks. At a moreadvanced period it is of value as admitting a certain amount of yieldingof the uterine walls to movements of the foetus, thus lessening the chanceof their b
A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . some women they are so thin as to admit of thefoetal limbs being very readily made out by palpation. Their densityis, however, always much diminished, and instead of being hard andinelastic they become soft and yielding to pressure. This change coin-cides with the commencement of pregnancy, of which it forms, as recog-nizable in the cervix, one of the earliest diagnostic marks. At a moreadvanced period it is of value as admitting a certain amount of yieldingof the uterine walls to movements of the foetus, thus lessening the chanceof their being injured. Changes in the Cervix during Pregnancy.—Very erroneous viewshave long been taught, in most of our standard works on midwifery, asto the changes which occur in the cervix uteri during pregnancy. It isgenerally stated that as pregnancy advances the cervical cavity is greatlydiminished in length, in consequence of its being gradually drawn up soas to form part of the general cavity of the uterus, so that in the latter Fig. 74. Fig.
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