. Atlas and epitome of gynecology . FipJ. Fig. 4^. LUh. Anst. F RewMwld, Miinchen. TEE ATM EXT. 79 Cicatricial bands situated high up are to be stretchedor torn by massage. (Plate 23.) § ii. THE RETROVERSIONS AND RETROFLEXIONS OFTHE UTERUS. When the fundus uteri is placed vertically above theneck; or passes backward from it, and the condition is apermanent one, we speak of retroversion. We considerthat its different degrees, as well as those of retroflexion,are independent of the absolute height of the fundus. Etiology.—Congenital retroversion, or a vertical posi-tion of the corpus uteri, is f
. Atlas and epitome of gynecology . FipJ. Fig. 4^. LUh. Anst. F RewMwld, Miinchen. TEE ATM EXT. 79 Cicatricial bands situated high up are to be stretchedor torn by massage. (Plate 23.) § ii. THE RETROVERSIONS AND RETROFLEXIONS OFTHE UTERUS. When the fundus uteri is placed vertically above theneck; or passes backward from it, and the condition is apermanent one, we speak of retroversion. We considerthat its different degrees, as well as those of retroflexion,are independent of the absolute height of the fundus. Etiology.—Congenital retroversion, or a vertical posi-tion of the corpus uteri, is found in feebly developedorgans. Congenital retroflexions are likewise described(Saxtorph, C. Huge, v. Winckel), and puerile retroflexionsare more frequent than the later pathologic ones. VonAVinckel and Kustner explain that some of the latter arisefrom the former by the action of pernicious influences, asa habitually full bladder and premature excessive puerperium may have a similar effect, from the dorsalposition
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