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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    then taken in the left hand, with its concavity backwards, and the bulbous end slid gently along the palmar surface of the finger already in the vagina, until it reaches the os uteri, into which it should be passed for about a quarter of an inch, being, so to speak, moored there. The sound must now be steadied by the thumb and the two distal joints of the second finger of the right hand, and its subsequent movements controlled by the left (Fig. 31). Fig. 31. Method of passing the Method of passing the sound (2nd sound (1st stage). stage). Insertion of bulbous ex- Commencement of rotation forward tremity into external os of the handle : rough surface looks up- uteri. (From a photograph.) wards. (From a photograph.) The further passage of the sound into the uterine cavity depends on whether that organ is retroverted or anteverted; if the former, by passing the handle of the sound forwards, at the same time giving an upward and backward pressure to the bulbous end, the right hand steadying the sound as before, it will gradually pass into the uterine cavity ; the smooth surface of the handlo will be found to be anterior. If, on the other hand, the uterus is anteverted, a somewhat more complicated manoeuvre is neces- sary (Kg. 32). The left hand taking the handle as before, passes