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Title: The science and art of midwifery
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Lusk, William Thompson, 1838-1897
Subjects: Obstetrics Women Pathology
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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ii<; 5 —Section through the female pelvis (diagrammatic), l. rectum ; 8, uterus j :\. excavatlorecto-uterlna (cul-de-sac f Douglas); I. excavatlo vesico-uterina ; 5, bladder; 6, clitoris ; 7, urethra ; 8. symphysis ; 9, spliiueter aui ; 10, vagina j 11. OODneCtive tissue layer, (Kohl- rausch modified by Splegelberg.) ting considerable variations, dependent upon weight, position, etc., of the uterus, two and a half inches for the anterior, and a little over three inches for the posterior wall may be accepted as fair averagemeasurements.41 The vagina is placed between the rectum and blad-der, and is more or less intimately connected with both those organs.In its upper fifth, the vagina is separated from the rectum by the cuU* Luschka, Die Anatomic dea menschlichen Beokens, Tubingen, 1804, p. 383. PLATE I.
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Section through pelvic organs of multipara, ad naturam. (Freund.) 1, Uterus; -\ vagina;3, bladder; i. excavatio recto-uterina; 5, excavatic-vesico-uterina; 6, fornix vaginae;r, externalos; B, Internal os; it. uterine cavity, with mucous lining; 10,septumuretbro- vaginale. FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 9 de-sac of Douglas. From thence downward, the rectum and vaginaform a common partition, the septum recto-vaginale. Above the pel-vic floor a layer of connective tissue continuous with the pelvic fasciaunites the rectum and vagina together. Below the pelvic floor theunion of the two organs is immediate. Luschka limits the termseptum recto-vaginale to this lower half of the common wall.* The upper half of the anterior vaginal wall is attached to the blad-der by means of loose connective tissue, while the lower half is insepa-rable from the tissues about the urethra. The partition thus formedbetween the urethra and vagina is termed the septum urethro-vaginale. The forn Lc, as the upper part

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