"Fundus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... liable to fall or be forced into other unnatural positions. When the uterus is bent upon itself, it is called flexion. If the bending is backward, it is called retroflexion; if forward, anteflexion. Fig. 12, represents the former condition, the uterus being flexed backward so that the fundus, or upper part of the womb, is pressed against the rectum, while the neck of the uterus remains in its natural position. This is a common form of displacement, and generally occurs between the ages of ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... to understand and simple to define. The bulk of the population are agricultural, and closely wedded to custom. Their fathers lived on the land and by the land, and they expect to do likewise. Saeva paupertas, et avitus apto cum lare fundus. Their ideas of existence are inseparably connected with the land. Whatever knowledge they have relates to the land. Their farming skill is very limited; indeed, it may almost be said that they have none beyond that possessed by savages—but it is their only possession. They ...
— Ireland as It Is - And as It Would be Under Home Rule • Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.) |
