TY - JOUR T1 - Equipment for taking and examining gynaecological smears JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 66 LP - 68 DO - 10.1136/dtb.4.17.66 VL - 4 IS - 17 A2 - , Y1 - 1966/08/19 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/4/17/66.abstract N2 - Material from the female genital tract can be obtained for cytological study in various ways, the choice depending on the information required. For hormone assessment,1 a scrape of the upper third of the lateral vaginal wall or aspiration of the posterior fornix is preferred; for cervical cancer diagnosis,2 visual inspection of the cervix and a 360° scrape round the cervical os at the squamo-columnar junction; for endometrial cancer diagnosis, endocervical or endometrial cavity aspiration. ER -