Outlines of the diseases of women / by John Phillips.

  • Phillips, John.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Outlines of the diseases of women / by John Phillips. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    while on either side can be seen the openings of Skene's glands, two small blind sacs or diverticula, running parallel to its longi- tudinal axis. The Rectum (Fig. 17) is that part of the large bowel lying between the sigmoid flexure and the anus: it commences at the left sacro-iliac synchondrosis, and therefore in the left posterior quarter of the Fig. 15. Diagrammatic outline drawing to illustrate the relations of the ureters to the cervix uteri and uterine artery. (From the front.) The whole of the anterior wall of the bladder has been removed, and a portion of the posterior wall on the subject's left side ; the peritoneum has been dissected off to show the uterine artery, utero-vesical ligament, and a window for display of cervix. On the right side these structures have been dotted in. 1 1'. Uterine artery. 6. Cervix displayed through 2 2'. Its ascending anastomotic a window in anterior branch. fornix (7). 3 3'. Ureter. 8- Utero-vesical ligament. 4.' Bladder. 9- Vagina. 5. Body of Uterus. pelvis, and passes downwards, backwards, and inwards until it reaches the middle or lower border of the third sacral vertebra. It is then loosely adherent to the posterior vaginal wall until the anus is reached, where the perineal body intervenes for about IA inch. The anus is about 1 inch long, and is the termination