Minor surgical gynecology : a manual of uterine diagnosis and the lesser technicalities of gynecological practice : for the use of the advanced student and general practitioner . Fig. 21.—Anteflexion of cervix. Fig. 22.—Retroversion of uterus. tion; if the cervix is felt under the symphysis, the finger will feel thefundus in the posterior cul-de-sac. There is an exception to this lastrule, and that is when the whole uterus is pushed forward and upward bya retro-uterine tumor; the uterus is then generally straight, and the fun-dus inaccessible by the vaginal touch. In flexions of the uterus, th
Minor surgical gynecology : a manual of uterine diagnosis and the lesser technicalities of gynecological practice : for the use of the advanced student and general practitioner . Fig. 21.—Anteflexion of cervix. Fig. 22.—Retroversion of uterus. tion; if the cervix is felt under the symphysis, the finger will feel thefundus in the posterior cul-de-sac. There is an exception to this lastrule, and that is when the whole uterus is pushed forward and upward bya retro-uterine tumor; the uterus is then generally straight, and the fun-dus inaccessible by the vaginal touch. In flexions of the uterus, the cer-vix often retains almost the normal position, with the os pointing down-ward, slightly forward or backward; the finger detects the angle at theanterior or posterior vaginal insertion, which settles the diagnosis betweenflexion and version. GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION. 47 A deviation of the cervix toward one or the other wall of the pelvisgenerally means a corresponding deviation of the fundus toward the otherside, a right or left latero-version. Such latero-versions usually dependon contracting adhesions in the broad ligament, which draw either thecervix (generall
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