The Dublin practice of midwifery / by Henry Maunsell.

Henry Maunsell

Date:: 1856

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$an inch above the os uteri, before its mucous mem- brane is reflected upon the cervix; this reflection takes place higher behind than before, so that the posterior lip projects more into the canal than the anterior. The anterior wall is connected firmly with the urethra below; and above, by looser cellular substance, with the back of the bladder • this waU in its undisturbed state measures about three inches. The posterior wall (longer) is united to the rectum below; above, it is covered by peritoneum, which forms a cul de sac separating it from the intestine. The tite) 'US is a flattened pyriform body, from two inches and a half to three inches in lenath one inch in thickness from before backward, and one inch and a half in breadth at its upper (broad) extremity. It is di\aded for the purpose of de- scription into the fundus, which is the upper and broadest part; the cervix, or lower extremity; the body, which is that portion between the fundus and cervix; and, lastly, the os uteri or os tinea;, an opening situated at the termination of the cervix, and leading from the vagina to the uterine cavity. The substance of the uterus is from one thii'd to three quarters of an inch in thickness, and is composed of a peculiar dense, greyish, fibrous tissue, containing abundance of nerves, blood- vessels, and lymphatics. Upon cutting into it, we observe that it contains numerous sinuses. The s 2$

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