The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed / Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of Medicine

by Frederick Hollick

POSITION OF THE ORGANS AND PARTS.

Plate I, represents one half of the Female body, supposing it to be cut down the middle, and gives an accurate representation of the relative position of the different organs.

Plate II, represents a front view of the Female body, with the external walls removed, to show the relative position of the organs.

Plate III, represents the uterus and its appendages removed from the body, so that their connections with each other may be seen.

PLATE III.

B. The Womb.—C. The Vagina.—e. e. The Ovaries.—f. f. The Fallopian Tubes.—s. The left broad Ligament, the right one being removed.—r. r. The Round Ligaments.—g. The Os Tincæ, or Mouth of the Womb.

INTERNAL ORGANS.

The Ovaries.—(e. e. Plates I, II and III.)—These are two oval shaped bodies, about the size of an almond nut, placed one on each side, nearly in the groin. They contain a number of small round grains, or granules, called the ovæ, or eggs, which are the germs of human beings, as the eggs of birds are of their particular kind. They are connected with the uterus by two short arms, or prolongations, and are enclosed in the folds of the broad ligaments.