Dr. Marion Simms employs a pair of strong curved scissors, by which the cervix is cut through on each side up to its junction with the vagina, and the canal above this point is then incised on each side by a small razor-bladed knife (see Fig . 52) with a blunt point , to the extent required, the result being that an incision having a pyramidal shape, and widest below, is produced.
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