File:The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women (1907) (14761712706).jpg

Identifier: diagnosistreatmecros (find matches)
Title: The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Crossen, Harry Sturgeon, 1869-
Subjects: Genital Diseases, Female Gynecology Gynecology Women Generative organs, Female
Publisher: St. Louis : Mosby
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
tevS^^ JV; J i^ -T. vr/. ., ^. Fig. 593. Section of a Frozen Body, showing the usual Position of tlie Uterus. (Sellheim— Wtihlichan Beclcen.) forward, or laterally. It is pressed somewhat backward in the pelvis when thebladder is distended (Fig. 344) and somewhat forward when the upper part ofthe rectum is distended. It is seen, therefore, that the uterus possesses normally a considerable range ofmobility, and it is only when it is found beyond the normal range that it can besaid to be displaced. 39 596 DISPLACEMENTS OF THE UTERUS What holds the uterus in normal position? As just stated, there is nothing thatholds the uterus immovably in any one position. By a combination of severalfactors it is prevented, ordinarily, from going beyond certain limits, and is per-mitted free mobihty within tliose limits.
Text Appearing After Image:
Fi<;. 5C4. A View from in front, showing the usual Position of the Uterus. Tliis is the same frozen bodyshown in Fig. 593. (Sellheim—Weihlichen Becken.) The factors tliat tlius assist in maintaining the uterus witliin normal limits, orrather.assist in preventing its remaining permanently beyond the normal limits,are the following: The Pelvic Floor (see chapter v). The Sacro-uterine Ligaments (see chapter vi). The Broad Ligaments (see chapter vi). The Round Ligaments (see chapter vi). The Normal Weight and Size of the Uterus. The Normal Tone and Fulness of the Pelvic Tissues. A large heavy uterus tends to downward displacement and backward displace-ment more than one of normal size. After the menopause the atrophy of mus-cular tissue and absorption of fat may so interfere with the normal tone and RETRODISPLACEMENT OF THE UTERUS 597 fullness of the tissues as to be a factor in prolapse of the uterus. The previouslaceration of the pelvic floor in these cases was not sufficient in it

Note About Images