A System of midwiferyLea and Blanchard, 1851 - 422 pages |
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... body of a woman , " says this valuable author , " is reclined backwards , or half sitting , half lying , the brim of the pelvis is horizontal ; and an imaginary straight line , descending from the navel , would pass through the middle ...
... body of a woman , " says this valuable author , " is reclined backwards , or half sitting , half lying , the brim of the pelvis is horizontal ; and an imaginary straight line , descending from the navel , would pass through the middle ...
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... body , or singly , being equally divided by it throughout their whole length . Although there is in many points considerable difference between the male and female organs , still there is sufficient resemblance to entitle them to be ...
... body , or singly , being equally divided by it throughout their whole length . Although there is in many points considerable difference between the male and female organs , still there is sufficient resemblance to entitle them to be ...
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... body , called corpus luteum : it projects considerably from the surface of the ova- Corrugation of the lining membrane Ty , attaining the size of a small mulberry . of the Graafian capsule after impreg- In the middle of this projection ...
... body , called corpus luteum : it projects considerably from the surface of the ova- Corrugation of the lining membrane Ty , attaining the size of a small mulberry . of the Graafian capsule after impreg- In the middle of this projection ...
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... body , the body being slightly thicker than the cervix , which is of a somewhat harder structure . Near the point at which the Fallopian tubes enter the uterus the parietes become thinner , gradually diminishing from four or five to ...
... body , the body being slightly thicker than the cervix , which is of a somewhat harder structure . Near the point at which the Fallopian tubes enter the uterus the parietes become thinner , gradually diminishing from four or five to ...
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... body is six- teen lines ; that of the cervix from nine to ten . The uterus which has been impregnated , especially when this has been frequently the case , scarcely ever regains its original dimensions , and the fissure which the os ...
... body is six- teen lines ; that of the cervix from nine to ten . The uterus which has been impregnated , especially when this has been frequently the case , scarcely ever regains its original dimensions , and the fissure which the os ...
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