The correlation of the ovarian and uterine functions / by E.S. Carmichael.

  • Carmichael, E. S.
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[1907]
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    [Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. YoL 79] The Correlation of the Ovarian and Uterine Functions, By E. S. Carmichael, M.B., E.R.C.S.E., and E. H. A. Marshall, M.A., D.Sa (Communicated by Professor E. A. Schafer, F.R.S. Received April 10,— Read May 30, 1907.) (From the Physiological Laboratory, University of Edinburgh.) A considerable body of evidence has been adduced in support of the hypothesis that the uterus is dependent upon ovarian influence for the maintenance of its structure and the discharge of its functions, and that the removal of this influence at any time during reproductive life causes the uterus to atrophy, besides producing a profound effect upon the entire metabolism of the organism. Some writers, on the other hand {e.g., Blair Bell), contend that it is tlie uterus which is of prime importance, and observations have recently been cited pointing to the conclusion that this organ exercises a control over the growth and activity of the ovaries. Others, again {e.g., Bond), adopt the view that the ovaries and uterus are to a very large extent inter-dependent upon each other. The clinical evidence brought forward by surgeons after removal of the uterus and ovaries in the human subject has supported to a great extent the experimental evidence of the existence of such an inter-relation. The modern tendency to conserve these organs as far as possible during surgical inter- ference has been brought about largely by the belief in the dependence of the one organ upon the other. Important work bearing upon this subject has been published recently by Zweifel (1899), Mandl and Biirger(1904), Bond (1906), and many other surgeons. It is the purpose of this paper to record a series of experiments dealing