A system of gynecology . which are dying incessantly in the act of giving out their secretion. Thisis a very plausible theory, but it is doubtful if it rests upon any positive anatomicalbasis. 2 Leopold, quoted by Klein i op. cit., p. 266). 3 Satterthwaites Manual of Histology, p. 243. * Op. cit., p, (iarrignes, De Sinety. 6 Strieker, Die Lehre der Geweben, Leipzig. 1871, p. 1173. VTERUS. 141 culs-de-sac occasionally being imbedded in the inner muscular layer. AsTurner has shown, the direction of the lands is not perpendicular tothe surface (as Engelmann figures them ), but is more or less
A system of gynecology . which are dying incessantly in the act of giving out their secretion. Thisis a very plausible theory, but it is doubtful if it rests upon any positive anatomicalbasis. 2 Leopold, quoted by Klein i op. cit., p. 266). 3 Satterthwaites Manual of Histology, p. 243. * Op. cit., p, (iarrignes, De Sinety. 6 Strieker, Die Lehre der Geweben, Leipzig. 1871, p. 1173. VTERUS. 141 culs-de-sac occasionally being imbedded in the inner muscular layer. AsTurner has shown, the direction of the lands is not perpendicular tothe surface (as Engelmann figures them ), but is more or less may exist as single tubes, sinuous or spiral, but more often theydivide into two or three branches near then* lower ends, where theybecome somewhat dilated. In longitudinal section they present adelicate basement membrane, which, according to Leopold, is com-posed of spindle-shaped cells, which dovetail into one another like theendothelium of the capillaries and lymphatics.:! The existence of this Fig. Vertical Section through the Dterine Mucous Membrane (Turner): e, columnar epithelium;g,g, utricular glands; ct, connective tissue surrounding glands; v, v, blood-vessels; mm,submucous layer. membrana propria in the unimpregnated uterus is denied by someauthorities; others state that it is only found near the orifice of thegland. It is well marked in the pregnant uterus. Upon this mem-brane rests a single layer of prismatic cells, with single large nucleinear their bases. It is now generally allowed that these cells The uterine1 glands increase largely in number at puberty, 1 Am. Joum. of Obstetrics, vol. viii. p. 40. 5 Ranney, Annals of Anal. <hkI Surgery, April, 1883, contra. 3 Leopold, quoted by Lusk (op. cit., p. 17). See also Ercolani, Utricular Glands ofthe Uterus, trans, by Many. 4Conip. Ckrobak in Striekers Handbuch; Nvlander (Mailers Archiv, 1852, p. 375) ;Lott (Rolletf* Untersuch., Leipzig, 1871); Williams [Structure of the Mucous me
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