The student's guide to the diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin.

  • Galabin, Alfred Lewis, 1843-1913.
Date:
1881
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Credit: The student's guide to the diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ien symptoms exist which are referable to the ante- rior^ but in the case of primary anteflexion, the [y symptom may be that of sterility. In the case corporeal anteflexion, when the body of the uterus bulky and soft, as in acquired flexions, it may some- ,ies be replaced with the fingers alone, by pushing the fundus from the vagina, and then pressing backwards by the outside hand above the pubes. nerally the sound is necessary for replacement, but should not be employed if there is any sign of peri- trine inflammation or acute hyperemia. If it can y be passed with an extra curve, it is withdrawn 1 introduced a second or third time, till it can be ised with its intra-uterine portion nearly straight, may then be reversed by a tour de maitre precisely > converse of that described in the treatment of roflexion (p. 81). The uterus is thus held for a >rt time in a position of slight retroflexion. Gene- iy the anteflexion soon recurs, but a repetition of s process at intervals of a few days may effect a dual improvement. At the same time general itment for the cure of any hyperemia or inflam- tion present, with moderate rest, if necessary, in the \sal position, should be followed out, as in ante- •sion ; and, in addition, nourishing diet and tonics >uld be given if the uterus is soft from mal-nutrition. these means prove insufficient, the cradle pessary, in the case of married women, that shown in Figs. 37, may be tried, as in the case of anteversion ! pp. 88—93). The cure of anteflexion by these Bsaries, however, can hardly ever be so complete as ]j t of retroflexion by Hodge's pessary, since there are I, as in thai, case, any natural forces called into play pomplotc the restoration. Bince the most important mechanical effect of ante- 1 ion is that of causing an impediment in the cervical Hal, and primary anteflexion is often associated with ' anal rather smaller than tin; average, it is generally irable, especially in anteflexion of the nulliparous