The Dublin practice of midwifery / By Henry Maunsell.

  • Henry Maunsell
Date:
1834
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Credit: The Dublin practice of midwifery / By Henry Maunsell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ceous glands. The opening between the labia is termed the mlva, or genital fissure. The nymphce or lesser labia are two folds of mucous membrane lying within the great labia; they are united together superiorly immediately above the clitoris, for which they form a kind of prepuce. They become narrower as they pass along the vagina, about the middle of which they are lost. Their use appears to be to increase the dilatability of the genital fissure, by unfolding during parturition. The clitoris is placed immediately beneath the junction of the nymphae. It is a small projecting body, having corpora cavernosa, and erector muscles, resembling those of the penis. It is endowed with great sensibility, and is capable of a degree of erection. The orifice of the urethra is a small pit situated about three quarters of an inch below tlie clitoris, and immediately above the vagina; a small fold or flap of mucous membrane sometimes projects from the under margin of the extremity of the urethra, and gives the orifice somewhat of an upward direction. While speaking of the orifice of the urethra we may conveniently consider the mode of intro- duction of the catheter. If the operation is to be performed while the woman is in bed, she may lie upon her back, or, what is better, upon her left side, with the hips projecting over the edge
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