Practical manual of diseases of women and uterine therapeutics for students and practitioners.

  • Jones, H. Macnaughton (Henry Macnaughton), 1844-1918.
Date:
1905
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    that must not be overlooked. The uterus is mainly retained in position by the recto-uterine aud utero-sacral folds of peritoneum. Fig. 14.—UrEUUfi and Appexdages. Diagrammatic View (• Ql'Ain's Anatomy '). In the dragging on and stretching of these we have doubtless a ready explanation of the characteristic sacral pain so frequently Fig. li>.—Vascular Eelatioxs of Uterus?, Ovary, and Fallopian Tube, seen FROM THE Front. (From Howard Kelly.) Ur., ureter; U.A., uterine artery; U.V., uterine vein; O.A., ovarian artery; O.V., ovarian vein. complained of. As we shall see in treating of backward displace- ments, they are the most important of all the pelvic ligaments in the 8eti(jlogy of retroflexion. These recto-uterine folds contain