Culdoscope dead-end street (or a dead-end way), a blind alley. Tsin DA.Development of flexible culdoscopy J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 2000 Aug;7(3):440; author reply 441-2. Culdoscope Culdoscope is an instrument, a kind of endoscope, used to visualize female pelvic organs, introduced through the vagina into the cul-de-sac (which is also called the rectouterine pouch or the pouch of Douglas). The procedure of inserting the culdoscope into the rectouterine pouch is termed culdoscopy. The word culdoscope (and culdoscopy) is derived from the phrase cul-de-sac, which in French literally means "bottom of a sac", here referring to a blind pouch or cavity in
Turning a blind eye day Nelson openly stated that he had "fought contrary to orders". Sir Hyde Parker was recalled in disgrace and Nelson appointed Commander-in-Chief of the fleet following the battle. The Oxford English Dictionary records usage of the phrase as early as 1698. Turning a blind eye Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information. The phrase "to turn a blind eye" is attributed to an incident in the life of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Nelson was blinded in one eye early in his Royal Navy career. During the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 the cautious Admiral Sir