A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / By W. S. Playfair.

  • William Smoult Playfair
Date:
1880
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Credit: A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / By W. S. Playfair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    ILLUSTRATIONS. Section of a Frozen Body in the last months of Pregnancy (afti;r Braunc). Illus- trating the Relations of the uterus to the surrounding Parts, and the attitude of the Foetus, which is lying in the second Cranial Position. . . Plate I. Section of a Frozen Body at the termination of the first stage of Labor (after Braune). The bag of membranes is still unbroken, the cervix is fully dilated, and the head (in the second position) is in the pelvic cavity . . Plate II. FIG. PAQR 1. Os innominatum ............ 26 2. Sacrum and Coccyx ........... 27 3. Section of Pelvis and heads of Thigh-bones, showing the Suspensory Action of the Sacro-iliac Ligaments. (After Wood.) ..... 29 4. Outlet of Pelvis 32 5. The Female Pelvis 32 6. The Male Pelvis 33 7. Brim of Pelvis, showing Antero-posterior, Oblique, and Conjugate Diameters 34 8. Transverse section of Pelvis, showing the Diameters ..... 34 9. Planes of the Pelvis, with Horizon 36 10. Axes of the Pelvis 37 11. Representing general Axis of the Parturient Canal, including the Uterine Cavity and Soft Parts 38 12. Side view of Pelvis 38 13. Pelvis of a Child 39 14. Vascular supply of Vulva. (After Kobelt.) ...... 45 15. Longitudinal section of Body, showing Relation of Generative Organs . 46 16. Transverse section of Body, showing Relations of the Fundus Uteri . . 48 17. Transverse section of Uterus ......... 49 18. Uterus and Appendages in an Infant ........ 49 19. Portion of Interior of Cervix. (Enlarged nine diameters.) ... 51 20. Muscular Fibres of unimpregnated Uterus. (After Farre.) ... 52 21. Developed Muscular Fibres from the Gravid Uterus. (After Wagner.) . 52 22. Lining Membrane of Uterus, showing network of Capillaries and orifices of Uterine Glands. (After Farre.) ........ 54 23. The Course of the Glands in the fully developed Mucous Membrane of the Uterus. (After Williams.) 54 24. Villi of Os Uteri stripped of Epithelium 55 25. Villi of Uterus, covered with Pavement Epithelium and containing Looped Vessels. (After Tyler Smith and Hassall.) 56 26. Bifid Uterus. (After Farre.) . .' 58 [27. Partitioned Uterus 59] 28. Adult Parovarium, Ovary, and Fallopian Tube. (After Kobelt.) . . 61 29. Posterior view of Muscular and Vascular arrangements. (After Rouget.) . 62
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