Synopsis of lectures on obstetrics and the forms of disease peculiar to women and children - delivered to students of the Physio-Medical College of Ohio (1862) (14596617647)

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Title: Synopsis of lectures on obstetrics and the forms of disease peculiar to women and children : delivered to students of the Physio-Medical College of Ohio
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Curtis, Alva, 1797-1881
Subjects: Midwifery Pregnancy Complications Infant Care Herbal Medicine
Publisher: Cincinnati : Printed for the author
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine



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a a, median line, the fibres from which, instead ofbeing parallel, as in the first plate, are now widely divar-icate : b b, the fibres, forming, by their union, the roundligaments. The contraction of these fibres, which areinserted to the pubic bones, is the principal means ofexpelling the child; c c, fallopian tubes; d d, ovaries;e e, the neck of the uterus, containing the head of thefoetus; /, corpus lutem, or cicatrice whence the ovumissued; g, uterine veins; h, section of the vagina; i,external orifice dilated so as to show a portion of themembranes. 446 EXPLANATION OF PLATES. FIGURE XII. ANTI-VERSION OF THE UTERUS IN THE EARLY PERIODS OFPREGNANCY.
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a, right section of the pelvis; b, the sacrum; c, ihebladder; d, the urethra; e e, the rectum; f, view of thetube and ligament on the left side of the ovary; g, bodyof the uterus; h, lateral portion not covered by theperitonaeum; i, os tincoe; k, vagina. EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 417 FIGURE XIII. RETROVERSION OF THE UTERUS IN THE EARLY PERIODS OFPREGNANCY.