The obstetric memoirs and contributions of James YSimpson; . f the mothers body, or by other circumstances affect-ing the conditions and relations of either the uterus or infant. The form of the uterus at the full term of utero-gestation isovoid. See the outline of it from Hunters most accurate drawing,in Figure 4. The general figure of the uterus at this time is,says Dr. Hunter,2 oviform; the fundus answering to the largestextremity of the egg, and the cervix and os uteri to the small end;but the fundus is larger and more flat, or less pointed, in proportionto the lower extremity of the uteru
The obstetric memoirs and contributions of James YSimpson; . f the mothers body, or by other circumstances affect-ing the conditions and relations of either the uterus or infant. The form of the uterus at the full term of utero-gestation isovoid. See the outline of it from Hunters most accurate drawing,in Figure 4. The general figure of the uterus at this time is,says Dr. Hunter,2 oviform; the fundus answering to the largestextremity of the egg, and the cervix and os uteri to the small end;but the fundus is larger and more flat, or less pointed, in proportionto the lower extremity of the uterus, than one end of an egg is tothe other; and the whole uterus seems more or less compressed, so 1 From Edinburgh Monthly Journal, April, 1849, p. 039. 2 Anatomical Description of the Human Gravid Uterus, p. 3. 108 ATTITUDE AND POSITIONS as to be broader from right to left than it is from the forepart back-wards. In the pregnant nterus represented in Figure 3, and belonging toProfessor Goodsir, the whole length of the cavity of the organ is Fig. 4. Fig.
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