The demonstrations of a pregnant uterus of a woman at her full time. In six tables, as large as nature. Done from the pictures painted, after dissections / by Mr. van Riemsdyk.
- Charles Nicholas Jenty
- Date:
- [1758]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The demonstrations of a pregnant uterus of a woman at her full time. In six tables, as large as nature. Done from the pictures painted, after dissections / by Mr. van Riemsdyk. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ *5 ] Explanation of the FifthTable. This Table reprefents the inferior Surface of the Diaphragm, and the Cavity of the Uterus with the Placenta adhering to it. A.rp PI E Vena Cava Inferior cut off. B. The Oefophagus cut off. C C. The tendinous Part of the Diaphragm. D D. Other tendinous Parts of the Diaphragm. N. B. It is proper to obferve, that the Diaphragm is mo^e tendinous^ on %the right Side, than on the left. As the largefi Cole of the Liver lies on this Side, it was requifite that the Diaphragm Jhould here be granger, for the greater Prejfure in lnfpirationy and to affifi the Secretion of the Bile. * J E E. The umbilical Arteries. F F. The umbilical Vein. G. The internal Membranes of the Uterus torn away. PJ. The Uterus, as it appears when the cho* rion Membrane is torn away. I. The internal Orifice of the Womb. K. The external Os Tinoe. N. B. Pleafe to obferve, that the latter Part deferibed here of the Orifice of the Womb, is conjiderabiy thicker than if the Subject had been in Labour. L L. The Sinufes of the Uterus, which run down into the Subftance of the Cervix of the Womb. M. Part](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31886292_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
