Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners.

  • Conquest, Dr.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Each Graafian vesicle is composed of two mem- branes, a central yellowish pulp (vitdlus), and, within this, the ovuluvi or germinating vesicle. Wagner has discovered a circular dark spot on the ovulum, which he has named macula germinativa. If the ovaries be removed, the female loses the distinctive signs of her sex; hence the adage. Prop- ter ovaria sola mulier est quod est. — J. M. W,] When, from venereal or other excitement, these vesicles bui-st, they become converted into opaque bodies, which, from their dirty yellow colour, are termed corpora lutea. [A corpus luteum is invariably found in either one or the other of the ovaries of a woman who has died shortly after impregnation. It is a yellowish de- posit, the size and shape of a small bean, containing COUPIIS LOTEUM (Loo).