Autoplastic ovarian transplantation and its clinical significance / by J.H. Nattrass.

  • Nattrass, John Hodgson.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Autoplastic ovarian transplantation and its clinical significance / by J.H. Nattrass. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion has (lisa])peare(l, and a slioiit increase of fibrous tissue was the only indication that it ever had l)een ])resent. Tlie adhesion of the ovary to the periosteum of the rib is seen most plainly; it is also attached to the adjacent intercostal muscle. (Fio'ure 10.) FIGURE II. •A high power photo, of Graafian ve.sicle “ G ” 'n Figure lo. My object in growing- the ovary on the periosteum of the rib is not only to increase the number of tissues on which the ■ovarian grafts have been grown, but also to demon.strate the suitability of the intercostal spaces for these grafting purposes. The vascular periosteum and intercostal muscles provide abun- dant nourishment for the transplanted tissue, whilst the bony ribs afford it much protection from injury and undue pres- sure, and its superficial position renders it most easy of access. Experiment 7.—The left ovary of a full grown doe was removed from its normal position and was transplanted on to the uterus on its ventral surface, at its point of bifurcation into right and left cornua. The right ovary was also excised and was grafted on to the outer surface of the right abdominal external oblique muscle. The rabbit was subsequently placed in the hutch with a buck, 129 days after the grafting operation, it was discovered to be ])regnant, and four days later it gave birth to a family of four young ones. Seven weeks later, it was killed and the grafts examined ; the right ovary which had been ])laced in the right external oblique muscle, could not be found : the left one, which had been put on the uterus, jiersisted only as a scar.