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Title: The Hahnemannian monthly
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania
Subjects: Homeopathy
Publisher: West Pittston, Pa. (etc.) : LaBarre Printing Co.
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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nd that its chief support is derived from thecoccygeal and the levator ani muscles, together with their investingfascia?. The levator ani (Fig. 1) arises from the posterior aspect ofthe pubes near the symphysis in front, from the posterior surface ofthe ischial spine behind, and between these points from the whiteline of the pelvic floor. From these attachments it sweeps down-ward and inward to become firmly attached to the walls of thevagina and rectum and to the tip of the coccyx. Between the tipof the coccyx and the rectum it blends with its fellow of the oppo-site side at the raphe. The series of fibers turning beneath the 1894 J Relaxation of tin Pelvic Floor 341 rectum and vagina, intermixing with the lower circular fibres formthe internal sphincter and the retractor vaginas (Luschka). The coccygeal muscles (Fig. 1), one on each side of the pelvis,take their origin from the spine of the ischium. 1 ney pass inward,gradually expand into broad, thin laminae, which are inserted into
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Dissection of the perineal body (/Savage). A, anus; B, bulb of vagina; C, coccyx-L, large sacro-sciatic ligament; P, perineal body; v, vaginal aperture; N, orificeof urethra; 8, vulvo vaginal glands; 1, clitoris; 2, its suspensory ligament; 3,crura clitoridis; 4, erector clitoridis muscle; 5, bulbo-cavernosus muscle; 7,transversa perinei muscle; 8, sphincter ani externus ; 9, levator ani. the lateral borders of the lower segment of the sacrum and to thesides and front of the coccyx. These two muscles are practicallyone and the same, though the levatores ani, because of their anteriorlocation, are more frequently implicated in the injuries attendingparturition. The triangular ligament (Fig. 2) or perineal septum, fills in thepubic arch and consists simply of two layers of fascia. These are 342 The Hahnemannian Monthly. (June, attached to the osseous margin of the pubic arch and are pierced bythe vagina and urethra. The portion passing posteriorly to thevagina can be felt, where the sep

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