This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 edition. Excerpt: ...gangrene, ulcers, cutaneous eruptions, are some of its maladies. Q. Are there any other bodily defects in the foetus? A. Yes; different parts of the body, as the stomach, the lungs, the head, the heart, are entirely wanting; sometimes parts exist in greater numbers than natural. EXAMINATION OF THE GENERATIVE ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 edition. Excerpt: ...gangrene, ulcers, cutaneous eruptions, are some of its maladies. Q. Are there any other bodily defects in the foetus? A. Yes; different parts of the body, as the stomach, the lungs, the head, the heart, are entirely wanting; sometimes parts exist in greater numbers than natural. EXAMINATION OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM. Q. Does the mode of investigating the different symptoms induced by diseases of the generative organs, differ in the two sexes? A. It does: in man the parts affected can be viewed, hence the observer has only to describe what he sees; but he ought to pay particular attention to the cause which has produced the disease. We shall, for the present, merely refer the reader to the part of this work which gives the symptoms and characters of each of these affections; as to those which are connected with the generative system in females, they are more complex, and require more particular attention. The best means of examination is the touch, which enables us to ascertain the state of the vagina, uterus, and adjacent cellular texture. The touch consists of introducing into the vagina one or more fingers, while the other hand is placed on the abdomen, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of the uterus and ils connexions. It may be performed as follows: the bladder and rectum being previously unloaded of their contents, the physician proceeds to examine the uterus, the patient standing or laid on her back, according to circumstances; she should stand up when it is intended to examine a case of relaxation of the vagina, prolapsus uteri, or, in a word, any affection in which it is necessary to estimate the weight and mobility of the uterus: she should be lying on the back in order to have the state of the ovaria ascertained, or any other...
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