Identifier: diagnosisofdise00find (find matches)
Title: The diagnosis of diseases of women
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Findley Palmer. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, Lea brothers & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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9 11 Coronal section of the uterus of a nuUip- Coronal section of the uterus of a multip- arous woman. arous woman. 1, fundus; 2, lateral walls of the body; 3, cervix; 4, isthmus; 5, cavity of the body; 5,internal wall of the body; 6, cornu; 6, opening of the Fallopian tube; 7, arbor vitse; 8, osinternum; 9, os externimx; 10, 10, lateral fornices; 11, posterior vaginal wall. (Testut.) 214 SPECIAL DIAGNOSIS in the fact that the small resisting vagina presses the slendercervix backward (Figs. 67 and 68). Fig. 69
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Normal position of the uterus. The uterus lies anteposed, anteverted, and slightly ante-flexed when the bladder and rectum are empty and the patient in the upright position. Pathological changes in the position of the uterus and its neigh-boring organs are more or less permanent. There is no tendencytoward a spontaneous return to the normal position. DIAGNOSIS OF MALPOSITIONS OF THE UTERUS 215 PATHOLOGICAL MOBILITY OF THE UTERUS. The uterus becomes abnormally movable when the normal sup-ports are weakened or have given way. A relaxation of the uterineligaments, of the pelvic floor, and of the abdominal muscles willlead to abnormal mobility of the uterus. Under such conditionsthe uterus gravitates according to the position of the patient. Inthe upright position, with the bladder empty, it may fall forwardand downward. In the dorsal position with the rectum empty,the uterus falls backward into the hollow of the sacrum. Thiscondition when uncomplicated cannot be regarded seriously froma

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