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Title: Manual of gynecology
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Hart, D. Berry (David Berry), 1851-1920 Barbour, A. H. Freeland (Alexander Hugh Freeland), 1856-
Subjects: Gynecology Gynecology
Publisher: New York : Wood
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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E£. 28. Fig..29. Horizontal section of the pelvic floor at Horizontal section of the posterior wall of the pelvic outlet (Henle). Ua, urethra; bladder and the anterior wall of the vagina Fa, vagina; B, rectum; L, levator ani. (Henle). (ie/j) a, epithelium of the bladder; t>, mucosa; c, layer of circular fibres; d, layer oflongitudinal fibres; e, loose tissue; f, layer ofcircular fibres; g, layer of longitudinal fibres;h, mucosa; i, epithelium of vagina. it is often erroneously described as a tube or cavity. On vertical sec-tion, as Fig. 25 shows, it appears as a mere linear slit; while on trans-verse section it is H-shaped, or crescentic (Figs. 28 and 46). Of coursethe vagina is eminently dilatable and its walls separable, as will be morefully considered under the structural anatomy of the pelvic floor, but thisdilatation or separation is the result of posture with manipulation, or of ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE PELVIC ORGANS. 29 Parturition. Whatever postaire a woman may assume, the va

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