. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. agina with Harni- mentary Uterus Can beatometra. a, Closed os externum ; 6, discovered, and thereos internum. jg nQ reteutioD) the gen. eral health of the individual is often markedly improvedafter operative interference is instituted, and the uterushas been known to take on active growth. When there is sufficient space between the bladder andrectum, a vagina can be made by stretching and tearing theintervening tissues with the finger, aided by the use ofblunt-po
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. agina with Harni- mentary Uterus Can beatometra. a, Closed os externum ; 6, discovered, and thereos internum. jg nQ reteutioD) the gen. eral health of the individual is often markedly improvedafter operative interference is instituted, and the uterushas been known to take on active growth. When there is sufficient space between the bladder andrectum, a vagina can be made by stretching and tearing theintervening tissues with the finger, aided by the use ofblunt-pointed scissors, if great resistance is encountered. A sound in the urethra, and the finger of the operatoror of an assistant in the rectum, are useful guides. Theoperation should be completed at one sitting, and thepassage should be made larger than it is thought desir-able to have it subsequently remain. Undue contractionis prevented by the use of a vaginal plug of glass, and thecicatricial tissue which forms over it is said to resemblevery closely normal mucous membrane. When the uterus is well developed, and there is reten-.
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