Henry Edwin Spalding

THE LEVATOR ANI AS RELATED TO PARTURITION. THREE seems to be a general misconception concerning the anatomical structure and functions of the normal levator ani, and little appreciation of the influence it may exert on child-birth, and of the accidents to which it is liable. Being generally disregarded when normal in character, it naturally follows that it is often overlooked when abnormally developed, and the evil consequences resulting from its injury not generally understood.