. The pathology and treatment of diseases of the ovaries. Fig. 12.—Further development ofprocesses seen in Fig. The general conclu-sions from Mr. Balfoursresearches are that thewhole Q^^ - containingpart of the ovary is reallythe thickened germinalepithelium, and it differsfrom the original thick-ened patch or layer ofgerminal epitheliummainly in the fact that it is broken up into a kind of meshwork by growths of vascularstroma. Fig. 13.—Section of ovary of human embryo at third month(after KoUiker), slightly magnified: a, mesovarium • a, vas-cular stroma of hilus; 6, gland-substance. X 5
. The pathology and treatment of diseases of the ovaries. Fig. 12.—Further development ofprocesses seen in Fig. The general conclu-sions from Mr. Balfoursresearches are that thewhole Q^^ - containingpart of the ovary is reallythe thickened germinalepithelium, and it differsfrom the original thick-ened patch or layer ofgerminal epitheliummainly in the fact that it is broken up into a kind of meshwork by growths of vascularstroma. Fig. 13.—Section of ovary of human embryo at third month(after KoUiker), slightly magnified: a, mesovarium • a, vas-cular stroma of hilus; 6, gland-substance. X 50. 20 DISEASES OF THE OVARIES. It will be seen, therefore, that the formation of true Graafianfollicles goes on very early in the life-history of the ovary, long-before the birth of the child, a fact which was pointed out byValisneri in 1733, but which received but little attention untilthe writings of Carus (1837) and Ritchie (1842) attracted atten-tion to this most interesting subject. Since then it has been mostexhaustively discussed by many observers, and finally, and, asI think, conclusively unravelled
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