A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition / by P. Cazeaux ; revised and annotated by S. Tarnier.
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- 1870
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Credit: A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition / by P. Cazeaux ; revised and annotated by S. Tarnier. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![tissue. During coition, blood accumulates in it, dilates it, and thereby causes its erection. The arteries of the clitoris come from the perineal artery, and are distribviied as in the male, presenting therefore the cavernous artery, which on each side enters the ciirrespouding corpus cavernosura, and the dorsal artery, which is disti ibuted to the mucous membrane known as the prepuce of the clitoris. The veins form a plexus arranged in two planes, the most superficial of which furnishes the dorsal vein, whilst the deeper communicates with the veins of the bulb, of the vagina, and of the bladder. The nerves proceed from the perineal branch of the internal pudic; thty send branches to the corpus cavernosum, and terminate in the prepuce, which is the principal seat of voluptuousness in the female.] 4. The vestibule is a small triangular space placed at the upper part of the vulva. It is bounded above by the clitoris, below by the urethra, and laterally by the nyraph£e. 5. The Urethra. — The meatus urinarius is situated just below tho yea- tibule, about an inch fi'om the clitoris, and immediately above the promi- nent enlargement of the anterior part of the vagina. The orifice is usually more contracted than the canal, but the tubercle or enlargement just alluded to, enables us to sound females without uncovering them, for it is only necessary to recognize it by the finger in order to direct the instru- ment properly. In my estimation, the following is the most simple method of introducing the catheter without uncovering the patient; 1 first intro- duce my finger into the orifice of the vagina, and rest its palmar face against the anterior vaginal wall; I then slide the instrument along this palmar face until it is arrested by the fold already alluded to; then I depress the extremity so as to elevate the point of the instrument one or two lines, and in the majority of cases, the canal is easily entered in this manner. [If the first attempt should fail, it may be tried again in another way. The point of the forefinger finds the clitoris, and passes from above downwards to the middle of the vestibule; the first inequality met with is the orifice of the urethra, into which the instrument can then be inserted. I have often succeeded in this way, after having failed by the ordinary method. In some women, those especially who have borne children, the parts adjoining the meatus are so deformed, that it becomes absolutely necessary to expose the parts in order to introduce the catheter; even then it is by no means easily done, and I have seen the most skilful foiled in attempting it. It may be accomplished with certainty by separating carefully the greater and lesser labia, and then sliding the extremity of the catheter from above downward along the median line of the vestibule below the clitoris, which is the chief rallying point. During this movemont the instrument falls, so to speak, of its own accord into the orifice of the urethra ; but if slid either to the right or left, it will be sure to go astray We shall 1 earn hereafter (article Pregnanci/) the cause of the difficulties met with in catheterisiing pregnant women.] The urethra, a continuation of the meatus urinarius, just described, varies in the female from one to one and a half inches in length. It ia large, conical, and slightly curved. Its inferior portion is confounded](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2198198x_0065.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
