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CHAPTER VI. 



OF THE FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 



THE female organs of generation consist of the Uterus and 

 Ovaries, with their appendages ; and of the Vagina, with the 

 structure which surrounds its external orifice. The uterus is 

 situated in the pelvis, between the bladder and rectum ; and 

 the ovaries are on each side of it. The vagina is a very- 

 large membranous canal, which passes from the uterus down- 

 wards and forwards, also between the bladder and rectum, and 

 opens externally. 



Connected with the orifice of the vagina are several bodies, 

 which are called the external parts of generation, in order to 

 distinguish them from the uterus and ovaries, and their 

 appendages, and also from the canal of the vagina ; which are 

 called the internal parts. 



The bladder of urine lies above and in contact with the 

 vagina : the urethra is also intimately connected with it. The 

 description of the bladder and urethra is therefore placed at the 

 end of this chapter. 



Of the External parts of Generation. 



All the external parts of generation are included under the 

 general term of vulva. They consist of the mons veneris, the 

 labia externa, the fourchette, the fossa navicularis, the clitoris, 

 the nymphae, and the hymen. 



The adipose membrane, immediately anterior to the sym- 

 physis pubis, and on each side of it, forms a considerable 

 prominence in females, which, at the age of puberty, is covered 

 with hair, as in males. This prominence is denominated the 

 Mons Veneris. 



