Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. professor of midwifery in the University, and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

  • Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802.
Date:
1784
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Credit: Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. professor of midwifery in the University, and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which, when mixed or blended with the I'eminal fluid of the male, is fuppofed to be conveyed through the tube into the uterus, to become the rudiments of the future foetus. Moft of the phenomena of impregnation correfpond with this themy. Foetufes have been found in the cavity of the- abdomen, where there has been no rupture of the uterus ; and bones have made their way through the belly, while the uterus has been found perfedlly fovmd. Contiguous to the genital parts are, ex- ternally, the anus and perineum; internal- ly, the redlum^urethra^ and bladder oi urine. The anus is the orifice of the redlum, which is the centre of axis of the pelvis. It is eontra(5i:ed into rugse by a plexus of mufcular fibres- called fphinBer ani^ which anfwers nearly the fame purpofe as it does in the male, and is loft in the perinseum, inftead of the bulb of the urethra. The re^lum runs in a line, not quite ftraight, behind the vagina and uterus, in the hollow part of thefacrum, through the capa-