The principles and practice of obstetrics : including the treatment of chronic inflammation of the uterus, considered as a frequent cause of abortion / by Henry Miller.

  • Miller, Henry, 1800-1874.
Date:
1858
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    process of the os pubis, u, and lastly, where this border joins the infe- rior is the angle of the os pubis. The posterior border, q, v, where it meets the superior, forms a sharp prominence v—the postero-superior spinous process of the ilium. Below this spine is a slight notch, and then a second eminence x, formed by the posterior sharp extremity of the auricular facet—the postero-inferior spinous process of the ilium. Below this is a large notch y—the great ischiatic notch—succeeded by the spinous process of the ischium, z, and finally, the posterior border is confounded with the inferior in the tuberosity of the ischium q. SECTION II. ARTICULATIONS OF THE PELVIS. The several bones of the pelvis which have been described, are connected together by articulations, called symphyses, of which there are four, viz: the symphysis pubis, two sacro-iliac symphyses, and the sacro-coccygeal symphysis. 1. SYMPHYSIS PUBIS. The reciprocal union of the pubic bones is secured by somewhat rough articular surfaces upon the superior parts of the inferior borders of the innominata. The posterior and middle portion of each of these surfaces is nearly plane, while the anterior, superior and inferior portions are oblique or beveled, and the whole of it is covered by a thin lamina of cartilage. The plane surfaces cor- respond to each other, and are firmly united by the fusion of their cartilages, except very near the posterior face of the pubes, where there is a linear space in which the cartilages of the opposite sides are only contiguous, and covered by a synovial membrane. The beveled portions of the articular surfaces are occupied by a very dense and solid fibrous substance, called the inter-pubic ligament, which adheres very firmly to the cartilaginous layers, and com- pletely fills up the void between them; so that it is quite thick in front, above, and below, but very thin behind. The upper part of this ligament, occupying the superior triangular space, is called the superior pubic ligament; the opposite part, filling the inferior triangular space, is the inferior pubic or triangular ligament, which is at the summit of the pubic arch.