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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    CHAPTER III. MALFORMATIONS OF THE UTERUS AND VAGINA. The Fallopian tubes, with the uterus and vagina, are* developed from two distinct tubes, called Midler's, ducts, which coalesce about the eighth week of foetal] life throughout that portion which forms the uterus- and vagina, the point where junction should begini being marked by the insertion of the round ligaments... The graver congenital deformities of these organs- depend upon a complete or partial failure either in the development of one or both of these ducts, or in theil junction, and it will therefore be convenient to consider! such deformities, both of uterus and vagina, in con-- junction. Absence or Rudimentary Development of Uterus.. —The uterus may be completely absent, or may be ai rudimentary membranous body with or without am enclosed cavity. Frequently in such cases there is ai single solid cervix, and separate horns containing' small cavities, a condition which constitutes the uterus- Upartitus. The ovaries may be absent or present, the- vagina absent or short, while the external genital organs are normal. When the ovaries are present, dis- tress may arise from an unrelieved menstrual molimen. In one such case Dr. Battey has performed the opera-* tion of spaying with a good result. The diagnosis is generally to be made by rectal touch in conjunction! with bimanual examination, and may be aided by the introduction of a catheter, or of the finger, into the