The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 911.—Puerperal Uterus Fifty-three HoursPost Partum. Normal Puerperium.—{Modifiedfrom Sellheim.) mUtCainnTransverseandOUtoue muxleBum/ies Boundary , lose attachment of ;oucfi eattacfimenz/i/? _Paiiomum • PoitVagJomixOouglm pouch Hectum Hertun. ,Prepuce qf Clitorisaitoris VrethraLaiium minusVayinaVaq. portion Of Cervixf^nneumExt SphinOerAniW-^^. _ Ru^oas Ext. SphinclerAnL Fig. 912.—Sagittal Section of a Pu
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 911.—Puerperal Uterus Fifty-three HoursPost Partum. Normal Puerperium.—{Modifiedfrom Sellheim.) mUtCainnTransverseandOUtoue muxleBum/ies Boundary , lose attachment of ;oucfi eattacfimenz/i/? _Paiiomum • PoitVagJomixOouglm pouch Hectum Hertun. ,Prepuce qf Clitorisaitoris VrethraLaiium minusVayinaVaq. portion Of Cervixf^nneumExt SphinOerAniW-^^. _ Ru^oas Ext. SphinclerAnL Fig. 912.—Sagittal Section of a Puerperal Uterus Fifty-three Hours Post Partum. Normal Puerperium.—{Sellheim.) day. The uterus in which involution is already under way may still undergoactive contractions (after-pains) from reflex stimulation by the nursing uterus is known to be slightly smaller just after delivery than at the com-pletion of the first three puerperal days. This is due to the manipulation of the * If the practitioner wishes to estimate the progress of involution with the sound, thebladder should first be completely emptied. LOCAL PHENOMENA. 681 uterus in connection with the third stage of labor and the early post-partumhours, producing an initial reduction in size which is followed by a slight reac-tion. Measurements of the height of the fundus above the symphysis duringthe
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