. The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women. Fig. 65. Showing the third step in tlae palpation of the uterus. (Montgomery—Prac-tical Gynecology.) To avoid this error depress the abdominal wall near the promontory of the sac-rum, about midway between the pubes and the umbilicus (Fig. 68). In partic-ularly difficult cases, it is well to start very high and bring the fingers down uponthe sacral promontory, and then allow them to slip over the promontory into theposterior part of the pelvis. They are then brought forward until the body of theuterus is felt or until the vaginal and abdominal
. The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women. Fig. 65. Showing the third step in tlae palpation of the uterus. (Montgomery—Prac-tical Gynecology.) To avoid this error depress the abdominal wall near the promontory of the sac-rum, about midway between the pubes and the umbilicus (Fig. 68). In partic-ularly difficult cases, it is well to start very high and bring the fingers down uponthe sacral promontory, and then allow them to slip over the promontory into theposterior part of the pelvis. They are then brought forward until the body of theuterus is felt or until the vaginal and abdominal fingers are so closely approximatedthat the absence of the uterus from that part of the pelvis is demonstrated. Error 2. Frequent shifting of the position of the abdominal fingers. Some stu-dents gouge about in the lower abdomen in various directions, in an effort to feel the LOCATING THE CORPUS UTERI 55 fundus uteri with the abdominal fingers. This is Hkely to make the examination afaihire in a normal case and it is almost certain to do so in
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