A practical treatise on the diseases of the uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes / by A. Courty ; translated from the third edition by Agnes M'Laren, with a preface by J. Matthews Duncan.

  • Courty, Amédée.
Date:
1883
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    tion between the neck and the body; for the result of Boullard's i researches, confirmed by my own observations, is that there is very -=-^-^=^A Fig 95 — Uterus at the commencement of the seventh month, opened, of 'natural size, a, fundus with thin walls; fc &, orifices of the Fallopian tubes ; c, arbor vitse ; d, neck, remarkable for the relative thickness of its walls. frequently, if not always, anteflexion of the body on the cervix. (Fig. 28.) In the girl at puberty, and still more in the adult, the body is Fig. 26. Fig. 26.—Utems at birth, natural size ; external view, a, body ; h, neck, very large, rendered clearly distinct from the body by the formation of the isthmus ; c, vaginal portion of the neck ; d, d, Fallopian tubes ; e, e, round ligaments. Cavities : h, cavity of the body showing the arbor vitee. The fundus a and the walls are relatively thin ; c, neck, the walls of which are very thick ; d, vaginal portion of the cervix ; e, vagina. Fig. 27.—Section of uterus at seventh year, open, of natural size, a, fundus; 6, body, the cavity of which still shows a trace of the internal longitudinal fold resulting from the union of the two primitive uteri, and forming a continuation of the arbor vitse of the neck; c, neck still longer than the body and with thicker walls ; d, vaginal portion of the neck ; e, vagina. developed more than the neck, and becomes slightly curved, especially behind. The upper border is often straight, sometimes even it is almost convex; its union with the neck is well marked by an isthmus. The neck, in place of remaining cylindrical, has assumed the form of a ' Quelques mots sur I'uterus. Theses de Paris, 1853, No. 87.