MR. T. SNOW BECK ON THE NERVES OF THE UTERUS. 
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On the Nerves of the Uterus. By Thomas Snow Beck, Esq. 
Description of the Plates*. 
Received July 6, 1846. 
PLATE XII. 
A. The supra renal capsule. 
B. The right kidney. 
C. The right ureter. 
D. The uterus. 
E. The left ovary. 
F. The left Fallopian tube. 
G. The right ovary. 
H. The right Fallopian tube. 
I. The bladder. 
K. The opening of the divided left ureter. 
L. The erectile tissue at the lower and 
anterior part of the vagina. 
M. The vagina. 
N. The labia majora. 
O. The superior part of the rectum. 
P. The anus. 
R. The sphincter ani. 
S. Some fibres of the levator ani. 
T. The clitoris. 
a. The abdominal aorta. 
h. The cceliac axis. 
c. The renal artery. 
d. The renal vein. 
e. The left common iliac artery. 
f. The left external iliac artery. 
g. The left internal iliac artery. 
h. The right common iliac artery. 
i. The inferior mesenteric artery. 
k. The superior hsemorrhoidal artery. 
/. A variety of the superior heemor- 
rhoidal artery which anastomoses with 
the other trunk of the same artery. 
m. The point where the two trunks of 
the superior heemorrhoidal artery 
anastomose. 
o. The divided uterine vessels, arteries 
and veins. 
p. p.p. The openings of divided arteries. 
1.1.1. The terminal funiculi of the great splanchnic nerve, which are each com- 
posed of definite proportions of tubular and gelatinous fibres. The great splanchnic 
nerve is, essentially, the union of the visceral branches from all the superior inter- 
costal nerves, which are associated with each other in their course to the semilunar 
ganglion. The branches from the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth intercostal 
nerves turn down in the so-called trunk of the sympathetic, and after uniting with 
each other, pass from the trunk of the sympathetic opposite the sixth intercostal 
nerve, as a large and single branch. The branch from the sixth intercostal nerve 
turns down in the trunk of the sympathetic, and leaves it opposite the seventh inter- 
costal nerve. The branches from the seventh, eighth, and sometimes ninth inter- 
* This description was necessarily delayed until the Plates were lettered.— T. S. B. 
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