The causation of sex in man : a new theory of sex based on clinical materials together with chapters on forecasting or predicting the sex of the unborn child and on the determination or production of either sex at will / by E. Rumley Dawson.
- Dawson, E. Rumley (Ernest Rumley), -1918.
- Date:
- 1921
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The causation of sex in man : a new theory of sex based on clinical materials together with chapters on forecasting or predicting the sex of the unborn child and on the determination or production of either sex at will / by E. Rumley Dawson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![entire removal of all ovarian tissue, probably in the ovarian ligament, though there are other possible sites. It is of course evident that in very many cases, owing to the early rupture of the Fallopian tube, the sex of the contained foetus cannot be ascertained. Dr. Seligson, of Moscow, has, however, collected fourteen cases of males developing in the right- tube, and females in the left tube. The following are cases of pregnancy occurring in the right ovary, (right ovarian pregnancy); the sex of the children was male, thus supporting my theory. Bernutz and Goupil1: “ A woman, aged 34, had had three children prematurely, and was pregnant the fourth time, the condition being accompanied by extreme prostration and a good deal of pain on the right of the pelvis. At the end of the third month she expelled per vaginam a mole the size of an egg [the uterine decidua.—E. R. D.]. Six days after this she experienced most agonising pain in the hypo- gastric region, accompanied by severe vomiting, and soon after this she died. “ On examination a male foetus was found in the right iliac fossa, but still attached to the right ovary by the umbilical cord. The ovary itself was ruptured on its under side. The organs on the left side were healthy. The uterus was much thickened, and large enough to admit a foetus of three months; such an one was found in the abdomen.” Bernutz and Goupil2 : “ A lady had borne eight children when, after an interval of five years, she became pregnant for the ninth time. “At the third month she became very weak, had colicky pains, with symptoms of approaching labour, and died in nine hours. On opening the abdomen a large quantity of blood was found effused, and in removing this a male foetus about an inch long was discovered. “ It was found afterwards that the right ovary was ruptured in its length, and that the foetus had been developed therein.” 1 Bernutz and Goupil, “ Diseases of Women,” vol.i. p. 249, published by New Sydenham Society, 1866, quoted from “ Bibliotheque medicale,” vol. xxxviii. p. 265; and Dezeimeris, “ Journal des connaissances medico- chirurgicales,” 1837. 2 Vol. i. pp. 249, 250. Quoted by Bernutz and Goupil from “ Obser- vation de M. de Saint Moressy, medecin de Riberac. en Saintonge,” 1662 (dans Duverney, “ (Euvres anatomiques,” Paris, 1761, vol. ii. p. 350).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29821411_0090.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
