Maternity : a book for every wife and mother / P. B. Saur.

  • Saur, P. B. (Prudence B.)
Date:
1888
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Credit: Maternity : a book for every wife and mother / P. B. Saur. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    organs, and by many anatomists are classed among them. Their development a-nd functions are sim- ultaneous, and the sympathy between them is so marked that one can hardly be affected without the other. They are hemispherical in shape, glandular in tissue and the left one is usually slightly larger than the other. On the outer surface, and just below the center, is a small conical prominence, called the nipple, which is of darker color than the rest of the breast, and is surrounded by a circle called the areola (Plate 6), having a deeper tint than the surrounding skin. In blondes the color of the areola is of a rosy hue, in brunettes it is much darker. This color is of importance inasmuch as it is affected by pregnancy, providing a reliable sign by which the physician may determine whether a woman is in a state of pregnancy or not. The internal generative organs consist of the vagina, the uterus, or womb, Fallopian tubes, and ovaries. The vagina (Plate 7) is the passage which leads from the vulva, or external opening, to the womb. It is from three to five inches in length and passes upward and backward in a somewhat curved direction, and, owing to this curving, it is about an inch longer on the posterior side than on the anterior. Its walls are thick, and capable of di- lating or contracting to a considerable extent. It is lined with a mucous membrane throughout, like the uterus, and in virgins is marked with a