Excerpt from Chirurgie Antique: Le Speculum de la Matrice à Travers les ÂgesCette seconde forme se rencontre bivalve chez les grecs, trivalve et quadrivalve chez les latins Pompei).Le speculum sert à dilater le vagin, pour en faire l'examen ainsi que celui du col de la matrice. Il permet de porter dans les profondeurs de ce canal et de cet organe, soit des remèdes, soit des cautères, soit des instruments.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.