The Dublin practice of midwifery / by Henry Maunsell.

  • Henry Maunsell
Date:
1856
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Credit: The Dublin practice of midwifery / by Henry Maunsell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    conception, leaving beliind a small cicatrix. At the same period an oval glandular body is observed to be formed in the ovary, about one-third of an inch in diameter, and resembling much the secre- tory portion of the kidney. This is named the corpus luteum. It continues to exist from the time of conception until three or four months after parturition; but of its uses we are nearly quite ignorant.* In connection with the foregoing description of the hard and soft parts immediately concerned in the generative function, it may be interesting to reflect upon the effects likely to be produced upon the other organs contained in the pelvis by the changes resulting from the exercise of this func- tion. The uterus, we have seen, is situated be- tween the bladder and rectum, and accordingly, as might have been expected, its enlargement fre- quently interferes with the action of both these organs. If the pressure particularly affect the former viscus, it wiU be found to occasion fre- quent micturition and other symptoms of irrita- tion ; and when the part pressed upon is the m^ethra or neck of the bladder, retention of urine may be the consequence. In like manner, pressure upon the rectum wiU sometimes cause tenesmus, * Sir E. Home supposed that corpora lutea might exist in the virgin ; but his supposition is not supported by the testi- mony of other observers.
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