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Title: Pathology and treatment of diseases of women Year: 1912 (1910s) Authors: Martin, August Eduard, 1847- Jung, Ph. (Philipp Jacob), 1870-1918 Subjects: Gynecology Gynecology Publisher: New York : Rebman company Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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Text Appearing Before Image: Fig. 85.—Inversio Uteri Incompleta. a, vaginab, cervix; c, corpus ; d funnel of the inversion. Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 86.—Inversio Uteri Completa.(Schematic.) Fig. 87. —Inversio Uteri Completa CumProlapsu. (Schematic.) corpus uteri, which appears with its fundus through the cervix at the ex-ternal os: Inversio uteri incompleta (Fig. 85), or corpus and cervix are 146 DISEASES OF WOMEN inverted—inversio uteri completa (Fig. 86)—and lie in the vagina. Thecompletely inverted uterus sinks down before the genitalia in extremecases—inversio uteri completa cum prolapsu (Fig. 87). The prolapsedportion mostly becomes gangrenous and disintegrates rapidly. The inversion arises always suddenly during the puerperium, and itis always accompanied by extremely threatening symptoms. The inver-sion is often effected gradually in non-puerperal cases, the expellingforces of the uterus are developed very gradually up to the intensitywhich is necessary to deliver the foreign body and thereby allow aninversion to take place. However, as in the process in puerperio, theinversion may occur very suddenly in thes

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