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GENERAL INDEX. 



UTERUS AND ITS APPENDAGES, uterus continued. 

 dimensions and weight, s. 624. 

 regional divisions ; fundus ; body ; cervix, s. 624. 

 external surface, s. 626. 



internal surface, and cavities of the body and cer- 

 vix, s. 626. 



structure and arrangement of the tissues compos- 

 ing the body of the uterus, s. 630. 

 peritoneal coat, iii. 944 ; s. 631. 

 middle or muscular coat ; composition; course 



of the muscular fibres, s. 631. 

 mucous or deciduous coat; composition, s. 



635. 



utricular glands or follicles, s. 636. 

 structure and arrangement of the tissues compos- 

 ing the cervix uteri, s. 638. 

 muscular coat, s. 638. 

 mucous coat; epithelium, s. 638. 

 papillae, s. 639. 

 mucous follicles, s. 610. 

 blood-vessels of the uterus, s. 640. 



uterine artery, ii. 831. 

 lymphatics, s. 641. 

 nerves, s. 641. 

 ligament of the uterus, s. 705. 



broad ligament, iii. 943 ; s. 705. 

 utero-sacral ligament, s. 705. 

 utero-vesical ligament, s. 705. 

 round, or sub-pubic, ligament, s. 705. 

 development and metamorphoses of the uterus at diffe- 

 rent periods of life, s. 642. 



a. origin of the uterus, and its condition during 



foetal life, s. 642. 



b. the uterus from the time of birth to puberty, 



s. 643. 



c. the uterus during menstrual life, s. 644. 



d. the uterus during gestatiim ; the gravid or fully 



developed uterus, s. 644. 

 size and weight, s. 645. 

 alterations during gestation in the form of tlie 



body and cervix uteri, s. 645. 

 position, actual and relative, of the uterus 



during gestation, s. 647. 

 alterations in the special coats and tissues, s. 



649. 



peritoneum, s. 649. 

 muscular coat, s. 649. 

 blood-vessels, s. 651. 



nerves ; the question of enlargement of 

 the uterine nerves during pregnancy, s. 

 651. 



mucous or lining membrane of the uterus : 

 development into the decidua ; decidua 

 Tera and reflexa, ii. 455 ; s. 652. 

 histology of the decidua, s. 657. 



e. the uterus alter parturition, ii. 454 ; s. 658. 



time at which the ovum arrives in the uterus 



after sexual union, ii. 453. 

 the process of involution of the gravid uterus, 



s. 658. 



changes in dimensions and weight, s. 658. 

 metamorphosis and restoration of the compo- 

 nent tissues, s. 659. 



/. the uterus after the menstrual epoch ; senile 

 atrophy or involution of the uterus in advanced 

 life, s. 661. 

 functions of the uterus, s. 662. 



a. office of the uterus in menstruation, s. 662. 



periods of duration and recurrence of this 



function, s. 662. 

 quantity, s. 663. 



nature of the catamenial discharge, s. 663. 

 composition of tiie menstrual fluid ; analysis, s. 



661. 



microscopic examination, s. 663. 

 unmixed menstrual fluid ; analysis, s. 664. 

 source of the menstrual flux, s. <>65. 

 means by which the blood escapes during 



healthy menstruation, s. 665. 

 purpose of menstruation, s. 6b'6. 

 relation of this function to the maturation 



and emission of ova examined, s. 6ti7. 

 purpose of the flux, s.670. 



b. office of the uterus in insemination, s. 671. 



c. office of the uterus in gestation, s. 672. 



d. office of the uterus in parturition, s. 672. 



general sketch of the labour process, s. 672. 

 peristaltic action of the uterus, and its cause, 



s. 673. 

 rhythmic action of the uterus, and its cause, 



s. 674. 

 influence of the different nervous centres upon 



the uterus in parturition, ?. 675. 

 exciting cause of labour, s. 677. 

 abnormal anatomy of the uterus, s. 678. 

 defective development, s 67*. 



1st class : congenital defects, s. 678. 



the various abnormal forms of the uterus, 

 arising from imperfect coalescence of 

 the primitive uterine halves (commonly 

 termed doable uterus.), arranged in 

 four groups : 



separate tissues of 



UTERUS AND ITS APPENDAGES, uterus continued. 



Group I. uterus biparlitus, s. 078. 

 Group II. uterus unicornis, s. 679. 

 Group III. uterus bicornis, s. 679. 

 Group IV. uterus bilocularis, s. 680. 

 2nd class : incomplete development at the time 



of puberty. 



the pre-pubertal uterus, s. 68!. 

 anomalies of form of the uterus, s. (J82. 

 antiflexion, s. 682. 

 retroflexion, s. 683. 

 lateral inflexion, s. 683. 

 anomalies of position of the uterus, s. 663. 

 obliquity, s. 683. 

 anti- and retro-version, s. 683. 

 hernia of the uterus, s. 684. 

 prolapsus, s. 684. 



a cause of spurious hermaphroditism, ii. 



690. 



elevation, s. 684. 

 inversion, s. 684. 



anomalies of the size of the uterus, s. 686. 

 atrophy, s. 686. 

 hypertrophy, s. 687. 

 pathological conditions of the 

 the uterus, s. 687. 



1. pathological conditions of the peritoneal 



coat; acute and chronic metro-peritonitis, 

 s. 687. 



2. pathological conditions of the subperitoneal 



fibrous tissue ; peri-metritis, s. 6^8. 



3. pathological conditions of the muscular coat, 



s. 689. 

 diminished and increased consistence, s. 



689. 

 parenchymatous inflammation ; metritis, 



s. 689. 

 fibroid, or fibrous tumour of the uterus ; 



interstitial, sub-peritoneal, and sul>- 



mucous fibroid; fibrous and muscular 



" polypi," s. 689. 



4. pathological conditions of the mucous coat, 



s. 692. 



simple hypertrophy ; dysmenorrhceal mem- 

 brane, s. 692. 



hypertrophy of the follicular structures of 

 the uterine mucous membrane ; follicu- 

 lar " polypi ; " mucous "polypi ;" cysts, 

 s. 692. 

 hypertrophy of the filiform papillas of the 



cervix (pseudo-ulcer), s. 093. 

 simple inflammatory hypertrophy, with 

 extroversion of the cervical mucous 

 membrane (pseudo-ulcer), s. 693. 

 catarrhal inflammation of the mucous co.it 

 of the uterus ; endomelritis ; leucorrhcea, 

 s. 694. 

 ulceration of the mucous coat ; erosion, 



abrasion, and excoriation, s. 694. 

 distensions of the uterine cavity, s. 697. 

 hydrometra, s. 697. 

 hiematoinetra, s. 697. 

 physometra ; tympanites uteri, s. 698. 

 hydatids, s. 698. 

 narrowing and obliteration of the uterine cavity, s. 



698. 

 atresia of the os uteri, cervical canal, and cavity 



of the uterine body, s. 6W. 

 pathological conditions involving several of the 



uterine tissues, s. 698. 

 cancer, s. 699. 



cancroid; epithelial cancer; cauliflower excre- 

 scence, s. 700. 

 corroding ulcer, s. 700. 

 tubercle, s. 701. 

 solutions of continuity ; rupture; perforation, 



s. 701. 



pathological conditions of the uterus after parturi- 

 tion : 

 irregular contraction ; hourglass contraction 



(arrested peristaltic action), s. 702. 

 incomplete and retarded involution, s. 702. 

 puerperal inflammation, s. 702. 

 endo-metritis, s. 702. 

 metro-phlebitis, s. 703. 

 metro-peritonitis, s. 703. 

 blood dyscrases, s. 704. 

 Uterine calculi, iv. 86. 



saline depositions, iv. 90. 

 softening and induration o( the, iv. 712. 

 cystoides, iv. 151. 



masculinus. See VESICULA PROSTATICA. 

 Ligaments of the uterus, s. 705. 

 normal anatomy, s. 705. 



the broad ligament, s. 705. 

 the utero-sacral ligaments, s. 705. 

 the utero-vesical ligaments, s. 70ft. 

 the round or sub-pubic ligaments, s. 705. 

 Vagina, s. 706. 



normal anatomy, s. 706. 

 dimensions, s. 706. 

 external surface, s. 706. 



