An essay on the partial and concealed inversion of the uterus / by Charles Drayton, Jun. of Charleston, South Carolina.

  • Drayton, Charles, -1844.
Date:
1809
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Credit: An essay on the partial and concealed inversion of the uterus / by Charles Drayton, Jun. of Charleston, South Carolina. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the body and fundus appears to be diametri- cally opposite to that of the neck, or mouth of the uterus during labour, an opinion I believe first surmised by Dr. Dewees, and ably sup- ported by him in his inaugural dissertation.* 17. These actions are commonly divided into two, viz. tonic and spasmodic; both of which de- pend as we believe on muscular action; Dr. De- wees enumerates a greater number of actions or contractions but as they are not immediately con- nected with this subject, I shall pass them over and only treat of the two before mentioned, for which purpose I shall introduce the following definitions given by him, of ! 1. Tonic contraction:—by this we understand 1 that uniform action which the uterus exerts c to reduce itself to its original size; this ap- 1 pears to be the effect of all the fibres fold- ling themselves up after the distracting 'cause is removed. '2. Spasmodic contraction:—or that contraction * See his inaugural dissertation, p. 13, and