Treatise on gynæcology : medical and surgical . ose. As regards general treatment, the angemia and the nervous excita-bility should be controlled. Preparations of iron and quinine, andhydrotherapy will be beneficial in many cases. Anteflexion. Pathology and Etiology.—Anteflexion is an exaggeration of thenormal forward curvature of the uterus. Before it was well under-stood it was frequently the case that a uterus in perfect position was 424 CLINICAL A15TD OPEEATITE GYNAECOLOGY. taken for one in a state of pathological deviation. It is difficnlt todraw a clear distinction between the physiologi
Treatise on gynæcology : medical and surgical . ose. As regards general treatment, the angemia and the nervous excita-bility should be controlled. Preparations of iron and quinine, andhydrotherapy will be beneficial in many cases. Anteflexion. Pathology and Etiology.—Anteflexion is an exaggeration of thenormal forward curvature of the uterus. Before it was well under-stood it was frequently the case that a uterus in perfect position was 424 CLINICAL A15TD OPEEATITE GYNAECOLOGY. taken for one in a state of pathological deviation. It is difficnlt todraw a clear distinction between the physiological and the abnormalpositions; but it might be said that the abnormal begins when theexamining finger perceives the angle as a sharp bend in the axis ofthe organ. [Schnltze holds that this distinction is not an invariable one. Hestates that, as contrasted with the great mutability of normal anteflex-ion, stability is the characteristic most typical of pathological. Patho-logical anteflexion is then that position in which the uterus lies with. Fig. 216.—Various Forms of the Cervix, Natural Size (Schultze). a, Fully developed normalcervix, normally inserted iuto the vaginal vault; 6, an approximation to the condition in childhood oftenfound in virgins and usually accompanied by flexion; c, cervix and mode of insertion normal duringchildhood; when found in the adult it is nearly invariably associated with sharp flexion. its fundus permanently flexed over its anterior surface and more thannormally stabile.] T. G-aillard Thomas distinguishes three varieties: 1. Corporeal flexion, where the body is bent upon the cervix whichis normally placed; this is the usual type. 2. Cervical flexion, where the cervix is bent upon the body. 3. Cervico-corporeal, where the segments of the organ are bent theone upon the other. Etiologically there are two forms, the congenital and the acquired. In the foetus and in early infancy the cervix is relatively muchdeveloped while the body is still smal
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