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fundus uteri, which they completely surround as the vein passes 

 down into the muscular coat of the uterus. 



Some of the branches of this nerve, near the fundus uteri, are 

 distributed to the muscular coat, but these are small and few in 

 number. 



The middle and anterior branches of the hypogastric nerves ad- 

 here closely to the uterine vein as they ascend, and form around it 

 several plexuses, which completely invest the vessel. From these 

 plexuses branches are sent off to the anterior surface of the uterus, 

 some of which, in an arborescent form, follow the trunk and 

 branches of the uterine artery. These two hypogastric nerves 

 ascend, and closely unite with the left posterior fasciculated band. 



On the left side of the uterus this band arises near the mesial line, 

 on the back of the uterus, midway between the fundus and cervix, 

 from a mass of fibres, which adhere so firmly both to the peritoneum 

 and muscular coat that it is difficult precisely to determine their ar- 

 rangement. From these fibres the band proceeds across the uterus, 

 in the form of a thin web, to the point where the spermatic vein is 

 lea\dng the uterus. After closely uniting with the hypogastric 

 nerves, this band proceeds outwards to the round ligament, becoming 

 less firmly adherent to the peritoneum, where it unites with the left 

 anterior band, and spreads out into a great web, under the perito- 

 neum. The left posterior band is loosely attached, through its whole 

 course, to the subjacent muscular coat by soft cellular membrane. 



The spermatic nerves on the left side pass down to the ovarium 

 with the spermatic artery, and first give off several branches to the 

 corpus fimbriatum. A few small branches are then sent into the 

 outer end of the ovary. The spermatic nerves afterwards leave the 

 artery, and proceed with the veins to the uterus, where they firmly 

 unite to the outer extremity of the left posterior band ; and after 

 the junction of this band with the prolongations of the anterior 

 band under the round ligament, numerous small, delicate filaments, 

 apparently nervous, are sent to the base of the ovarium. 



On the right side of the uterus, the author finds that the distribu- 

 tion of the hypogastric and spermatic nerves does not essentially 

 differ from that now described as seen on the left side. The form and 

 situation of the right posterior band is, he states, much more clearly 

 seen than on the left side, and presents the appearance of a white 

 pearly fasciculated membrane about a quarter of an inch in breadth, 

 proceeding from the mesial line at right angles to the hj^pogastric 

 nerves, across the body of the uterus, to the round ligament, where 

 it unites with the anterior band. Numerous branches, strikingly 

 resembling the branches of nerves, are sent off from the upper and 

 lower edges of this band, and from its posterior surface to the mus- 

 cular coat of the uterus. An extensive and intimate union at various 

 points is distinctly perceptible between these branches sent off from 

 the band and the branches of the hypogastric nerves. On the an- 

 terior and upper part of the neck of the uterus, there is a great mass 

 of reddish-coloured fibres, firmly interlaced together, resembling a 

 ganglion of nerves, into which numerous large branches of the hy- 



