The system of the womb, with a particular account of the menses, independent of a plethora: to which are subjoin'd, a few observations relating to cold, and its effects upon the body / [Thomas Simson].

  • Simson, Thomas, 1696-1764
Date:
1729
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Credit: The system of the womb, with a particular account of the menses, independent of a plethora: to which are subjoin'd, a few observations relating to cold, and its effects upon the body / [Thomas Simson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / all the Parts about to fuch a Diftention, that it requires a greater Force to diftend them fur¬ ther than what is requiilte to dilate at once the Cavity of the Cervix, then the Cervix hitherto fecure, is made to yield; which it can do now with more Eafe than at firft, becaufe that all its Parts are larger from the Increafe of its Sinufes, tho’ this Increafe is noways confiderable, and hitherto ferved rather to fhut than inlarge its Cavity, fince the more the Sides of the Cervix are inlarged, the nearer they meet, and fo fe» cure more and more the Paflage of the Ovumy and afterwards of the Foetus from the Vagina; but when Matters come to that Pafs, that the inlarging Foetus gets not Room to difpofe of itfelf in the Abdomen, and the Midriff bears clofs upon it, then the whole Force lands up¬ on the Cervix, and preffes it open, till its Ca¬ vity yields, and thereby fuddenly inlarges the Bounds of the Foetus, which hitherto was con¬ fined to a certain Pofture, it being kept always compaft in its Seat, but when the Space about it fuddenly inlarges, and there is a fudden Run of the Fluid to the widening Space, the weighty Head falls forward the fame Way, and