. St. Louis courier of medicine. theopinion that it has a purpose, a necessary one; that in the entireorgan there are clear evidences of a design for certain objects,that in the form, structure and relation of its several parts, areseen a perfect application of correct principles toward theaccomplishment of its functions. In illustration of these truthsI must appeal to certain facts clearly established in one of thecollateral sciences, viz., hydrodynamics. First let us study theform of the uterus as a whole. By a reference to the following cutit is at once seen that there exists a system of co
. St. Louis courier of medicine. theopinion that it has a purpose, a necessary one; that in the entireorgan there are clear evidences of a design for certain objects,that in the form, structure and relation of its several parts, areseen a perfect application of correct principles toward theaccomplishment of its functions. In illustration of these truthsI must appeal to certain facts clearly established in one of thecollateral sciences, viz., hydrodynamics. First let us study theform of the uterus as a whole. By a reference to the following cutit is at once seen that there exists a system of conic frusta,the only deviation being in the one formed by the uterine cavity HuLBERT.] Divulsion of the Cervix. 485 above the internal os where it is more nearly an oblong frustumwith conic sides. The conic frusta are found at the open-ings of the fallopian tubes, at the outer side of the internal osand external os; and at each of these places the smaller end of thefrustum is applied. We also see that the cavity of the uterus is. Fig. 1. The straight black Hues represent the conic frusta, thesmall ends applied at the openings, A, C, E, D. an expanding one, from the inner side of the internal os, up tothe fundus. We also see the same arrangement in the cavityof the cervix from the inner side of the external os to abouthalf way up. We also see extending from the outer side ofthe internal os to the inner side of the external os, 486 Original Articles. [Dec, 1887. anteriorly and posteriorly in the median line an elevation orridge, on the surface of which are found lines of from the inner edge of the external os are foundother depression or grooves at first parallel with this central ridge,soon separating from it and passing outward. From the fewgrooves starting from the external os we see other grooves branch-ing off from the original. This grooving results in elevations orridges. Nono of these ridges or grooves, save the central oneson the median ridge, reach t
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