The Dublin practice of midwifery / By Henry Maunsell.

Henry Maunsell

Date:: 1834

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$by peritoneum, which forms a cul de sac separating it from the intestine. The uterus is a flattened pyriform body, from two inches and a half to three inches in length, one inch in thickness from before, backward, and one inch and a half in breadth at its upper (broad) extremity. It is divided for the purpose of de- scription into the fundus, which is the upper and broadest part; the cervix, or lower extremity; the body, which is that portion between the fundus and cervix \ and, lastly, the os uteri or os tineas, an opening situated at the termination of the cervix, and leading from the vagina to the cavity. The substance of the uterus is from one third to three quarters of an inch in thickness, and is composed of a peculiar dense, greyish, fibrous tissue, containing abundance of nerves, blood- vessels, and lymphatics. Upon cutting into it, we observe that it contains numerous sinuses. The fibres of the unimpregnated uterus cannot be ob- served to follow any regular course : they possess all the powers, and most of the appearances, of muscle; although it is a favourite whim w'ith cer- tain anatomists to deny them the name. Within the solid walls of the uterus a cavity is formed, triangular in that portion contained in the fundus, and with its lower angle prolonged into a narrow canal, which passes through the body and cervix to the os tincae. At the upper angles on each-side are situated the openings of the Fallo-$

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