The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed. Frederick Hollick

399 Hydrorrhea, or Profuse Discharge of Water, 400 Pustules, and Mucous Discharges, 400 Derangements of the Urinary Organs, 401 Cramps.—Pruritus, or Itching of the External Parts, 403 CHAPTER XXVII.— Idiopathic, or Primary Diseases Incident to Pregnancy.—Flooding, 406 Abortion, or Miscarriage, 409 Section X. the diseases of women in childbed, after lying in. CHAPTER XXVIII.— Diseases of Childbed.—Puerperal Fever, or Childbed Fever, 420 Affections of the Breast occurring after Pregnancy, 430 Bronchocele, or swelling in the Throat, 438 Phlegmasia Alba Dolens, or Milk Leg, 439 Trouble with the Urine, 441 APPENDIX. on preventing pain in childbirth, 443

      PART I.

       MIDWIFERY.

       Table of Contents

       PLATE I.

      Lateral Section, or side view of the Female Pelvis, to show the position of the Organs.

      A. The Bladder.

       B. The Womb.

       C. The Vagina.

       D. The Rectum.

       e. The Right Ovary. f. The Right Fallopian Tube. g. The Os Tincæ, or Mouth of the Womb. h. The Meatus Urinarius, or Mouth of the Bladder. i. i. The Small Intestines. j. j. The Back Bone. k. The Pubic or Front Bone. l. The Right External Lip, or Labium. m. The Right Internal Lip, or Nymphæ. n. The Hymen. o. The Opening through the Hymen. q. The Perineum. p. The Clitoris.

      (This of course shows the half of all the single Organs and the right one only of those that are double.)

      Plate I.

      Lateral Section, or side view of the Female Pelvis, to show the position of the Organs in their natural state.

       PLATE II.

      Front View of the Female Pelvis, with the External Walls removed.

      A. The Bladder.

       B. The Womb.

       D. The Rectum.

       e. e. The Ovaries. f. f. The Fallopian Tubes. i. i. The Small Intestines. r. r. The Round Ligaments.

       Plate II.

      Front View of the Female Pelvis, with the External Walls removed.

      MIDWIFERY.

SECTION I.

       Table of Contents

      POSITION, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS AND PARTS OF THE FEMALE BODY CONCERNED IN GENERATION AND PARTURITION.

      To understand the subjects treated upon in the present work, it is necessary to have at least a general acquaintance with the structure, position, and special uses of the principal organs and parts of the female system. A complete acquaintance, so far as our knowledge extends, would be advisable, but is not absolutely required, and could not with convenience be given here. The following explanations therefore, chiefly taken from my book on the Diseases of Woman, are merely sufficient for the present occasion, and for reference—full details being reserved for a separate and complete work, now preparing, on the Philosophy and Physiology of the Reproductive Functions.

      CHAPTER I.

      POSITION OF THE ORGANS AND PARTS.

      Plate I, represents one half of the Female body, supposing it to be cut down the middle, and gives an accurate representation of the relative position of the different organs.

      Plate II, represents a front view of the Female body, with the external walls removed, to show the relative position of the organs.

      Plate III, represents the uterus and its appendages removed from the body, so that their connections with each other may be seen.

       PLATE III.

      B. The Womb.—C.