Chapter I. 

 ANATOMY. 



FEMALE ORGANS CONCERNED IN GENERATION AND 

 PARTURITION : 



The Pelvis, Vulva, Clitoris, Vagina, Uierus, Fallopian 

 Tubes, Ovaries and Mammae. 



The Pelvis. 



This cavity is formed of bony and ligamentous 

 "walls, and contains a portion of the genito-urinary 

 apparatus, as well as the terminal portion of the 

 alimentary canal. It is situated towards the end of 

 the spine, and is supported by the hinder extremities, 

 Avith which it is connected by joints and muscles. 

 It is composed of three principal bones — the two 

 ossa innominaia, or coxae, and the sacrum,, and to 

 ^Ome extent of the coccygeal vertebrae. 



OS INNOMINATUM. 



The OS innominatum, or coxa, one on each side, 

 is a flat bone, expanded at either extremity, some- 

 what constricted in the middle, and curved in two 

 different directions. At its middle it has a wide 

 and deep articular depression surrounded by a 

 high rim, — the acetabulum or cotyloid cavity, — in 

 which the articular head of the femur is lodged and 

 moves. Above this cavity there is a roughened thin 

 Tidge, the supra-cotyloid crest or ischiatic spine, into 



