A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / By W. S. Playfair.
- William Smoult Playfair
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / By W. S. Playfair. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.
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![CONTENTS. PART I. AXATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE ORGANS CONCERNED IN PARTURITION. CHAPTER I. ANATOMY OF THE PELVIS. PAGE Its importance—Formation of the Pelvis—Tlie os innominatum : its three divis- ions—Separation between tlie True and False Pelvis—The Sacrum and Coc- cyx-—Mechanical relations of the Sacrum—Pelvic articulations and ligaments —Movements of the Pelvic Joints—The Pelvis as a whole—Differences in the Two Sexes—Measurements of the Pelvis—Its diameters, planes, and axes- Development of the Pelvis—Soft parts in connection with the Pelvis ... 33 CHAPTER II. THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS. Division according to Function: ]. External or Copulative ; 2. Internal or Forma- tive Organs—Mons Veneris—Labia niajora and minora—The Clitoris—The \'estibule and Orifice of Urethra—Passing of the female catheter—Oritice of Vagina—The Hymen —The glands of the Vulva —The Perineum—The Vagina —The Uterus: its position and anatomy—The Ligaments of the Uterus—The Parovarium—The Fallopian Tubes—The Ovaries—The Graafian Follicles and the Ova—The Mammary Glands 49 CHAPTER IIL OVULATION AND MENSTRUATION. Functions of the Ovary—Changes in tiie Graafian Follicle: 1. Maturation; 2. Escape of the Ovum—Formation of the Corpus Luteum—Quality and source of the Menstrual Idood—Tiieory of Menstruation—I'ur))ose of the Menstrual loss—Vicarious Men.striiation—Ce.ssation of Menstruation SI](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2121072x_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
