On sterility in the male and female : its causes and treatment / By the Chevalier V. Mondat ... Tr. from the 5th French ed.

  • Vincent-Marie Mondat
Date:
1844
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Credit: On sterility in the male and female : its causes and treatment / By the Chevalier V. Mondat ... Tr. from the 5th French ed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    tremity opens at the base of the vulva, and the other embraces the neck of the uterus with which it is con- tinuous, as is seen in fig. 10. The vagina is a soft, [Fig. 10.] a. The bony portion of the pelvis separated from its junction with its companion, b. The spinal column of the back. c. The bladder, d. The orifice of the urethra, e. The body of the womb. /. The neck of the womb. g. The vagina, h. The rectum, or end of the intestines. supple, extensible structure, composed 1st, of a por- tion of the peritoneal membrane which occupies only its posterior and superior part; 2d, of a thick cellu- lar layer, constituting its proper membrane and occu- pying its whole extent; 3d, of a spongy body placed at its entrance {plexls retiforme) sensibly erectile du- ring coition, and surrounded with muscular fibres which perform the office of a sphincter, the constrictor cunni muscle; 4th, of a mucous membrane which it possesses in common with that lining the whole uterine system, which presents corrugations especially at its an- terior extremity, where they conceal numerous porosi- ties, whence flows the mucous fluid which continually lubricates the interior of this passage ; 5th, of a mem-
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