683 touch on such points of the pathology of uterine displacements as'may throw light upon their treatment. It would be time lost to treat of uterine displacements, without having first established what is the right position of the womb, its mode of connexion with the pelvic organs, and the forces which can act upon it. The womb is poised upon the vagina, the walls of which, in the healthy subject, are in close apposition, so that the womb is really supported by a muscular column, which is

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... y implanted in the perinasum. It has been correctly observed, that the perineal floor forms the apex of a large inverted cone, of which the diaphragm is the basis, its sides being formed by the pelvis and by the elastic abdominal walls. Thus enclosed within the abdomen, the womb, standing on its apex, has an axis which is the continuation of that of the vagina. The womb is slightly