Diseases of the reproductive organs in frogs, birds and mammals / by J. Bland Sutton.

  • Sir John Bland-Sutton, 1st Baronet
Date:
1885
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Credit: Diseases of the reproductive organs in frogs, birds and mammals / by J. Bland Sutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    mentioned, were undoubtedly the result of rickety contraction of the pelvis. The following case will serve to illustrate the fact beyond question. A hybrid Macaque monkey, a male, was born in the Zoological Gardens. It was four months old, and died from pulmonary collapse, with rickety changes in every bone. The pelvis was remarkably distorted on account of the extreme softness of the bones. The pelvic diameters were all shortened, and the cavity so encroached upon by the yielding walls, that the bladder, prostate, and vesiculse seminales were squeezed into the abdomen; the apex of the prostate actually rested on the symphysis pubis. So narrow was the antero-posterior diameter at the brim, that the rectum and neck of the bladder were squeezed between the symphysis and the vertebral column. Figures 1, 2, and 3 on Plate VIII. represent three typical dis- placements of the uterus, viz., ante, retro, and lateral flexion. In each of these cases the pelvis with its contained viscera has been represented, in order to avoid mistakes or exaggeration. Leaving monkeys, some cases of flexions of the uterus occurring in other animals will now be described. Two years ago the rare and pretty little animal Hyomoschus gave birth to a young one in the Zoological Gardens; some three months later it died. On examination, the uterus was found large and the fundus acutely anteflexed. Of course the question arose, May it not be the natural position of the uterus ? Fortu- nately I had examined two specimens previously, and can state that their uteri were not in the position of this example. Since obtaining this specimen, a large number of deer, gazelles, antelopes, &c., have been examined, and it is not un- common to find a small degree of curvature existing at the fundus uteri, but it is in so slight a degree that the tonicity of the walls of the organ never allow the fundus to come in con- tact with the anterior wall of the uterus in health. An example has since occurred in a Mollucca deer, Cervus viollucccnsis. The animal died from the effects of some acute febrile disease. The fundus of the uterus was so acutely anteflexed that it was in contact with the anterior wall of the organ, and had, by its pressure, caused atrophy. This malposition had evidently existed some long time, for dense fibrous bands stretched across the line of flexion and prevented the fundus returning to its nor-