Diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin.

  • Galabin, Alfred Lewis.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISEASES OF WOMEN. CHAPTER I. ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS. The female genital organs are commonly divided into two groups—(1) The external organs, comprising the Mons Veneris, with the structures included in the vulva, namely, the labia majora and minora, clitoris, vestibule, fossa navicularis, and fourchette ; and (2) The internal organs, comprising the vagina, uterus, Fallopian tubes, and ovaries. The Mons Veneris (Fig. 1 : 12) is a rounded promi- nence above the pubes, consisting of fat and cellular tissue, covered, from the time of puberty, with hair. The Labia Majora (Fig. 1 : 1) form the lateral boundaries of the vulva. They consist of two thick, nearly parallel folds of skin, continuous in front with the !Mbns Veneris. Posteriorly they converge slightly, and are continued rather farther back than the anterior margin of the perineum. In the adult, they are covered with stout crisp hair, more abundant on the outer surface than the inner. They contain fat and cellular tissue, also elastic and unstripcd muscular fibres, similar to those of the dartos in the male. They are provided with sebaceous and sweat glands. The labia majora correspond in development to the scrotum. Hence the cleft scrotum in a case of hypo-
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