Notes on diseases of women / by James Oliver.

  • Oliver, James
Date:
1888
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Credit: Notes on diseases of women / by James Oliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nective tissue, and a few muscular fibres which together form the so-called stroma of the organ. It has an external epithelial covering and con- tains imbedded in its stroma graafian follicles with ova. The manner in which the germinal elements are produced is still a question of con- troversy. At first it is impossible to distinguish the germinal cells which will become ova from those which will become spermatozoa. The hypothesis that each gland separately has some influence on the sex of the progeny is one which has received some credence even at the hands of breeders. Many (Henke, Millot and others) believed that the sexuality of the offspring depended on whether the ovum im- pregnated had come from the left or the right ovary, the right it was alleged had been set apart for the production of a male and the left for that of a female progeny. No scientist would entertain for a moment such a hypothesis now. In the human female the ovaries lie at the back of the broad ligaments of the uterus, the posterior membranous fold of which envelops each gland, except at the hilus or attached bor- der, which serves to transmit the vessels and nerves. The position of the gland in the pelvis is variable. Normally, however, I hold it is
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