A handbook of obstetric and gynaecological nursing / by the late Fleetwood Churchill.

  • Fleetwood Churchill
Date:
1893
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Credit: A handbook of obstetric and gynaecological nursing / by the late Fleetwood Churchill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    child-bearing it is some- Fig. 14. times a triangular open- ins like a leech-bite, in other cases a transverse chink or slit, and often is the seat of extensive lacerations during par- turition. It is generally about the calibre of a goose-quill, or rather less. The Caned of the Cervix is from a half to three- quarters of an inch long, leadingfrom the os uteri; it first widens and then contracts again when it enters the cavity of the uterus, marking the os uteri internum, as it has been called. Between the os uteri externum and internum the mu- cous membrane is curiously disposed in folds, branch- ing out from a central line; this has been called the arbor vitee. The internal surface of this canal is thickly studded with mucous follicles, called glandulce Ncibothi, which, after impregnation, secrete a thick mucus that blocks up the canal. The cavity of the uterus is of a triangular shape, the base being upwards ; its dimen- sions have already been given. Much difference of opinion has existed, and many discussions have taken place, as to the structures which compose the uterus ; these however, it will here suffice to say, may be divided into three layers, viz : (1) the External or Peritoneal Coat by which the uterus is covered posteriorly and anteriorly and which is reflect- ed laterally to the sides of the pelvis, near the sacro-iliac synchondroses, forming the broad ligaments