The diseases of women : a handbook for students and practitioners . ion. The same result fol-lows if the ring be too small, whilst if too large it interfereswith the action of the bladder and rectum and may causevaginal ulceration. A rubber ring should not be left in situ longer than sixmonths without being seen to; for the rubber tends tobecome rough and corrugated, leading to irritation of thevaginal mucous membrane and profuse leucorrhcea. Insome cases this effect follows in a shorter time, three orfour months; in others a pessary of the best rubber maybe worn for a year without inconvenien
The diseases of women : a handbook for students and practitioners . ion. The same result fol-lows if the ring be too small, whilst if too large it interfereswith the action of the bladder and rectum and may causevaginal ulceration. A rubber ring should not be left in situ longer than sixmonths without being seen to; for the rubber tends tobecome rough and corrugated, leading to irritation of thevaginal mucous membrane and profuse leucorrhcea. Insome cases this effect follows in a shorter time, three orfour months; in others a pessary of the best rubber maybe worn for a year without inconvenience. The Hodge Pessary.—This is, in surface aspect, rec-tangular, with the upper angles rounded; in profile itresembles an opened-out S (Fig. 42). It is used for back-ward displacements of the uterus, when the uterus ismovable. It may be made of vulcanite, aluminum, cellu-loid, or block tin ; the two latter will be found most con-venient, as it is often necessaiy to slightly modify the shape PESSARIES. 149 to suit the requirements of the individual case. Various. Fig. 42.—The Hodge pessary. modifications of the original Hodge pattern are found (), but the important element of success in treatment by
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