A manual of midwifery / by Alfred Meadows.

  • Meadows, Alfred, 1823-1887.
Date:
1876
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Credit: A manual of midwifery / by Alfred Meadows. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    forming a pillar rather than a tube, on which the uterus is, to some extent, supported. It has the bladder and urethra in front; the perineum, rectum, and recto-vaginal pouch of peritoneum behind; laterally the broad liga- ments and pelvic fascia. With all these it is connected by loose cellular tissue, but the amount of cellular tissue varies a good deal in different parts: thus behind, the Fig. 11. quantity is very small, and it should be borne in mind that here, between the cervix uteri and rectum, the vagina 18 m close contact with the peritoneum; it is the only part ilCi iiS relation exists- In front, between the vagina and bladder, the quantity of cellular tissue is considerable, and on either side there are the broad ligaments, in which is a large amount of cellular tissue, so that in these three places pelvic cellulitis is most apt to occur, and may ac- cordingly be thus diagnosed. t The roof of the vagina surrounds the cervix uteri, form- ing as it were a kind of cup into which the uterus fits. Posterior cul-de-sac is deeper than the anterior, more C2