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.) [Illustration: 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. [Illustration: Plate II. Front View of the Female Pelvis, with the External Walls removed.] MIDWIFERY. SECTION I. 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. [Illustration: PLATE III. B. The Womb.--C. The Vagina.--_e. e._ The Ovaries.--_f. f._ The Fallopian Tubes.--_s._ The left broad Ligament, the right one being removed.--_r. r._ The Round Ligaments.--_g._ The Os Tincæ, or Mouth of the Womb.] INTERNAL ORGANS.