PBOLAPSUS OF THE VAGINA AND UTERUS. 



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not sufficient, to introduce a sponge into the vagina or pack the 

 vagina with gauze or cotton and stitch the lips of the pudenda. 

 The author generally uses the following method : After returning 

 the vagina to the normal position he puts two stitches in the 

 pudenda and leaves them for three days. 



Fig. 54. 



The genlto-urlnary organs of thebitoli: a, ovary covered with capsule; 6, capsule of ovary; 

 c, ovary ; d, horns of the uterus ; e, hody of the uterus ; /, os uteri ; g, vagina ; g', opening of 

 the urethra ; ft, clitoris ; i, i, vulva ; I, bladder ; m, urethra. 



In one case where there was great thickening of the walls of 

 the vagina and reduction of the prolapse was impossible, and 

 another where the vagina prolapsed immediately after the stitches 

 were removed after being there for several days, the author per- 



