Researches in female pelvic anatomy.

  • Webster, John Clarence, 1863-1950.
Date:
1892
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    ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE PELYIS DURING PUEPiPERIUM THE BEGINNING OF THE PUERPERIUM. Clinical Note.—The patient died of heart disease five minutes after the end of the third stage of labour. Vertical Mesial Sectiox (Plate I.) Bony Pelvis.—The promontory of the sacrum is abnormally high in this case, and owing to the projection of the junction of the 1st and 2nd sacral vertebras, the condition of double promontory is produced. Diameters:— Brim (anatomical conjugate) . -. . 4§ in. „ (obstetrical conjugate) Cavity .... Outlet (sacral) „ (coccygeal) The vertical length of the Symphysis is 1^ in., and its greatest width f in. Uterus.—The uterus occupies the greater part of the true pelvis, about one-third of it being above the brim. The length of the uterus, following its curve from the os externum to the fundus, is about 7-g- in. Its circum- ference is 17 in. Its greatest antero-posterior thickness is 3^ in.— immediately below the brim. The fundus is § in. in thickness. The anterior wall, on the whole, is slio-htly thinner than the posterior; the greatest thickness of the former is 14 in. opposite the upper part of the symphysis, whUe that of the latter is l-£r in. opposite the cartdage between the second and third sacral vertebrae. TJie uterine cavity is divided in its whole extent. It measures about B 4-i 4i 31-