. Operative gynecology. Fig. 349.—Sispension of the Utehus within THE UPEUATION. Showing the long fibrous baud connecting the fundus of theuterus with tlie anterior abdonuiiid wall. This is continueddown in the form ol a thill sejituin over the bladder and ante-rior face of tlie uterus. Mav 27, lsO«. 156 SUSPENSION OF THE UTERUS. centimeters (1^ to 2 inches) distant from the anterior abdominal wall, with whichit was connected by a dense, smooth, librous band from a few millimeters to 1^centimeter in breadth. In two cases there were two separate slender one case these suspensory cords
. Operative gynecology. Fig. 349.—Sispension of the Utehus within THE UPEUATION. Showing the long fibrous baud connecting the fundus of theuterus with tlie anterior abdonuiiid wall. This is continueddown in the form ol a thill sejituin over the bladder and ante-rior face of tlie uterus. Mav 27, lsO«. 156 SUSPENSION OF THE UTERUS. centimeters (1^ to 2 inches) distant from the anterior abdominal wall, with whichit was connected by a dense, smooth, librous band from a few millimeters to 1^centimeter in breadth. In two cases there were two separate slender one case these suspensory cords were thicker at the ends and thinned out inthe middle, and the suspensory sutures remained imbedded in the abdominal end ;in another case (Fig. 350) one suture lay at the abdominal wall and the other re-mained attached to the iiterus. There was no tension on these lax bands, and itwas e\ident from the relationship that the fundus of the uterus gradually sinks. NSiON Of- THE Uteris Se Yeae after the Ubiginal Operation. Showing the lonjr fibrous bands attachhis the fundus to the anterior abdominal wall. One of thesuspensory sutures luis remained on tiie fundus, while the other is seen on the abdominal wall. Mareh 2,189G. % natural size. after the operation, drawing out the fibrous tissue connecting it to the anteriorabdominal wall, until the womb comes to lie, without any tugging, in a natural,easy posture. Secondly, transient irritability of the bladder is occasionally observed, as afterall sorts of abdominal operations, but it is not frequent or persistent or in anyway peculiar to this operation. The fact is, that the female bladder expandsphj-siologically, like saddle-bags, most from side to side, and least in an antero-posterior direction, and this method of distention becomes more marked inpregnancy. In answer to this objection it is also only necessary to recall the METHODS OF OPERATION. 157 frequency with wliicli the myomatous uterus w
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