Culdoscope 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 the female body that is closed at one end, that is the rectouterine pouch. As early as the 13th century, a cul-de-sac was a
Cherchez la femme Cherchez la femme Cherchez la femme () is a French phrase which literally means "look for the woman." The expression comes from the novel "The Mohicans of Paris" "()" published 1854–1859 by Alexandre Dumas (père). The first use in the novel reads: "Cherchez la femme, pardieu! cherchez la femme!" In English: Look for the woman, by God! Look for the woman! The phrase is repeated several times in the novel. Dumas also used the phrase in his 1864 theatrical adaptation, which reads: "Il y a une femme dans toutes les affaires; aussitôt qu'on me fait un rapport, je dis: «