The pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of women : including the diagnosis of pregnancy / by Graily Hewitt.

  • Hewitt, Graily, 1828-1893.
Date:
1872
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Credit: The pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of women : including the diagnosis of pregnancy / by Graily Hewitt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Fig. 54 is a sectional representation of the uterus with the cradle pessary in situ. [In the anterior wall of the uterus is Fig. 54. represented also a small fibroid tumour.] The ordinary ring pessary is used for the purpose of making the cradle pessary, the ring being bent into the proper shape, and the size of the in- Fig. 55.* B B * Fig. 55 represents two views of the same instrument, the cradle pessary of im- proved form. From a photograph. The smaller end (A) is intended for the upper extremity of the vagina ; (B) the wider one for the lower end of the vaginal canal.