Identifier: marylandmedicalj4519medi (find matches)
Title: Maryland medical journal
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Baltimore : Manning and Ashby
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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SKIA(JHAPH OF STOKES CASK OF SY.MPI S. SVMPUS—Stokes and McXeer. 7 There was no true ))elvis ))resent. and the pelvic bones simplyformed a solid platform at tlie extreme lower portion of the ab-dominal cavity. The sigmoid flexure of the colon ends in a large,dilated, blind pouch. The lower end of this pouch rests upon andis attached to the left iliac bone, and this cul-de-sac forms the endof the intestinal tract. There is no trace of the rectum, and no at-tempt of the alimentar)^ canal to open on the exterior can be de-tected. There is no bladder present, but there is a small, firm,round body about the size of a pea, which under the microscopeconsists of tissue resembling the prostate gland. There is no uterus present, and neither ovaries, Fallopian tubes,spermatic cord, or testicles could be discovered. The ureters run downwards and slightly forward on each sideof the spinal column, and empty into either side of the blind pouchin the pelvis at its lower portion. The attachment of t

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