Illustrations of some of the principal diseases of the ovaria, their symptoms and treatment : to which are prefixed, observations on the structure and functions of these parts in the human being and in animals / [Edward James Seymour].
- Seymour, Edward J. (Edward James), 1796-1866.
- Date:
- 1830
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Illustrations of some of the principal diseases of the ovaria, their symptoms and treatment : to which are prefixed, observations on the structure and functions of these parts in the human being and in animals / [Edward James Seymour]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![In virgin animalsof the class Mammalia, atpuberty, on cutting into the ovaria, always one, and sometimes two vesicles in each ovarium are observed, greatly enlarged, twice or thrice as large as the remaining vesicles ; the cellular textiu-e around is much more vascular than in other parts, and the vesicle itself is nearly transparent. In examining these parts in the virgin ewe, for example, such an appearance c.annot fail to strike the observer. These are the vesicles, doubtless, fit first for receiving the foecun- dating impression. The vesicles, in their ordinary state, contain a limpid serum, vvliich coagulates by heat. The ovaria are abundantly sup[>!ied by blood-vessels from the spermatic arteries ; and in animals in which many ova may be fo-ciuichited and called into life at the same time, very nmnerous blood-vessels coming directly from the aorta are dis- tributed to them : thus, in the large serpents no- ticed here, i!o less than four branches coming from the aorta were distributed to each ovarium. The spermatic nerves which su])ply the ovaria and fallopian tul)es are distributed in two sets ; one the , superior, being derived from the renal plexus; the other the inferior, consisting of nmnerous small twigs from the superior and inferior mesenteric plexuses, the hypogastric and renal plexuses, and from the trunk of the sympathetic nerves. Several small ganglia are intermixed with these nerves. The ovaria are abundantly supplied l)y al)sorl)ent vessels. A very beautiful and conijilt te view of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21460590_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
