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Clinical memoirs on the diseases of women . naemia. Three months after this the uterus appeared beyond thevulva. At first it only came down after exertion, and returned byrest. The abdominal pains, which during the metroirhagia had dis-appeared, now returned, and she went into the Hospital onSeptember 8th, 1858. She complained of colicky pains in thelower part of the stomach, but there was no difficulty in micturitionor defoecation. About one inch and a-half from the vulva theelongated anterior lip of the cervix could be felt; the os was patulousand surrounded by granulations. In the posterior
Clinical memoirs on the diseases of women . naemia. Three months after this the uterus appeared beyond thevulva. At first it only came down after exertion, and returned byrest. The abdominal pains, which during the metroirhagia had dis-appeared, now returned, and she went into the Hospital onSeptember 8th, 1858. She complained of colicky pains in thelower part of the stomach, but there was no difficulty in micturitionor defoecation. About one inch and a-half from the vulva theelongated anterior lip of the cervix could be felt; the os was patulousand surrounded by granulations. In the posterior cul-de-sac wasfelt the retroflexed fundus uteri. The uterus was freely opium cataplasms and rest in bed. Huguier, op. cit. obs. iii., p. 60. 216 UTERINE DEVIATIONS. There was no prolapse while in the recumbent posture; but afterbeing upright for a time^ it came down just to the orifice. On September ISth, the condition of the parts was pretty muchas is here represented, the patient being in the recumbent posture. Fig. V. Represents two folds of tlie vagina beneath the meatiisurinarius. A. The anterior lip of uterus. P. The The posterior vaginal wall. Fig. 19 V shows two large superposed vaginal folds just below themeatus urinarius; below this again was the prolapsed and hypertro-phied anterior lip a, which projected beyond the vulva; theu the osand posterior lip p. Behind this, in the posterior cul-de-sac, wasthe retroflexed fundus. When the patient strained the posterior Fig. 20.
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