Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners.

  • Conquest, Dr.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Female catheters are usually too little curved. Previously to being used, the stilette should be with- drawn, and a moistened bladder tied on the extremity of its handle, into which the urine may flow after the introduction of the catheter. This plan prevents the bed being wetted, which is an almost unavoid- able circumstance as the operation is commonly per- fonned. VAGINA. The orifice of the vagina is found about a third of an inch below the meatus urinarius. The vagina is the canal which conducts to the uterus, and terminates just above the mouth of that organ. It is composed of elastic substance, with a con- strictor muscle at its entrance. It is covered pos- teriorly by a reflexion of the peritoneum, and is connected with the contiguous parts by condensed cellular texture. [Three coats enter into the formation of the vagina—an external or cellular, a middle or mus- cular, and an inner or mucous. The latter mem- brane is continuous with that of the uterus, and will be noticed in conjunction with it, as the two membranes cannot be conveniently studied apart. — J. M. W.] The vagina is plentifully supplied with arteries, veins, nerves, and absorbents. Its course is somewhat curved, and it is united at an obtuse angle with the uterus. It is commonly