Bicornual Pregnancy 



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finally turns down in a gradual curve, without any recognizable 

 line of demarcation between it and the uterus. 



If he follows the floor of the vagina and palpates carefully as 

 his hand passes along, he will discover to his astonishment a 

 Tiard body lying beneath it, which upon careful manipulation 

 he may recognize as portions of the fetus, lying directly against 

 the vaginal floor, and impressing him very strongly at first with 

 the idea of extra-uterine pregnancy. If he will follow the 

 uterine floor further, to the extent of nearly the entire length of 

 his arm, his hand suddenly passes downward into the uterine 

 •cavity, and he finds that the floor which he has been following 

 bends abruptly backward to constitute the roof of the uterus, 

 immediately beneath which the fetus lies transversely with its 

 ■dorsal surface presenting toward the pelvic inlet. 



Fig. 120. Transverse 



•OR BlCORNUAI, Devel- 



•opment of the Fetus 

 IN THE Mare. 



V, Vagina. U, Uterine 

 ■cavity, -which is later to 

 Tblend with the vagina to 

 -constitute an elongated 

 tube. UC, Uterine cornu. 



