Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . a. >I—i METHODS OF EXAMINATION. 215 to the cervix, one next endeavors to palpate the uterusand its appendages, and afterwards the ureters. Theurine having been drawn ofl with a sterile glass cathe-ter, the index finger or, more commonly, the indexand the middle finger, previously anointed with vase-line, are introduced just within the vulva, and weendeavor to ascertain whether any laceration or cica-tricial tissue exists at t
Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . a. >I—i METHODS OF EXAMINATION. 215 to the cervix, one next endeavors to palpate the uterusand its appendages, and afterwards the ureters. Theurine having been drawn ofl with a sterile glass cathe-ter, the index finger or, more commonly, the indexand the middle finger, previously anointed with vase-line, are introduced just within the vulva, and weendeavor to ascertain whether any laceration or cica-tricial tissue exists at the orifice or along the vaginalwall. The hand is then turned so that the palmarsurfaces of the examining fingers come in contactwith the anterior vaginal wall. The lateral walls andfornices are next examined, and the existence in thevagina of any viscid or abnormal secretion is next come to the cervix, and note (1) the positionwhich it occupies with relation to the axis of the va-gina ; (2) its shape and consistence, whether it is coni-cal or flattened, soft or hard; (3) whether it is lacer-ated, and the extent of such lacerations if they exist;(4) whet
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