Woman, her sex and love life.

  • William J. Robinson
Date:
1927
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Credit: Woman, her sex and love life. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    out, then the uterus and the vagina and even the vulva shrivel up. Third, it is that internal secretion that excites in woman sexual desire and makes her enjoy relations with the male sex. If the ovaries are cut away, particularly if it is done early in life, the woman has no sexual desire and no en¬ joyment. Fourth, it contributes to the general health, wellbeing, energy, and mental alertness of the woman. You see the importance of the internal ovarian secretion, and you will readily understand why, when the ovaries are removed by operation, the woman, particularly if she is young, undergoes such marked changes. It is because we recognize now the great importance of the ovaries that we al¬ ways, when operating on diseased ovaries leave at least a small piece of ovary, if at all possible. Number of Ova. When the female infant is born, her ovaries contain as many ova or eggs as they ever will contain. In fact, they contain more than they will at puberty. For it is estimated that at birth each ovary contains about 100,000 ova; the majority of these, however, disappear so that at the age of puberty each ovary contains only about 30,- 000 ova. As only one ovum ripens each month from the time of puberty to the time of the menopause (i. e., about 300 to 400 ova at the utmost during
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