. True manhood : a manual for young men . Fig. VI. Ovarium of a Hen. This cut shows the ovarium of the hen in whichthe part itself is entirely hidden by the multitude ofeggs which form upon the outside, instead of in theinside of it, like the plant ovary. We recollect thatthe young of the hen is hatched outside the mothers TRUE MANHOOD. 47 body. Sometimes when a hen is being dressed forcooking you can easily examine the ovaries or unde-veloped eggs. The different parts of animals and plants are calledorgans, and this word will be used hereafter, mean-ing parts. The proper name of the organ rep
. True manhood : a manual for young men . Fig. VI. Ovarium of a Hen. This cut shows the ovarium of the hen in whichthe part itself is entirely hidden by the multitude ofeggs which form upon the outside, instead of in theinside of it, like the plant ovary. We recollect thatthe young of the hen is hatched outside the mothers TRUE MANHOOD. 47 body. Sometimes when a hen is being dressed forcooking you can easily examine the ovaries or unde-veloped eggs. The different parts of animals and plants are calledorgans, and this word will be used hereafter, mean-ing parts. The proper name of the organ represented in thepicture below is uterus. It may be compared to anest, basket or cradle, where the young rabbit liesforming and growing, ready for birth. Plants do not Lut. fi rut Fig. VII. Uterus of a Rabbit. Va., vagina; r. ut., right uterus;/. «/., left uterus ; ov., ovaiy ; fl. t., fallopian tube. require a uterus because the ground answers thesame purpose. And with animals belonging to divi-sions b, chap. I., the nest made of leaves and sticksby the bird mother, and covered by her warm body;or, in the case of fishes, the warm rays of the sunfalling upon the spawn laid in the sand ; or in thecase of insects, the cocoon spun around the larvas, are 4S TRUE MANHOOD. all different arrangements having the same end inview ; viz., shelter, warmth and protection of the eggsuntil they have grown sufficiently large to be bornout of the shell. This class does not require and therefore does notpossess a special organ. But it will readily be seenthat in animals of the highest class, in order to pre-vent the ovum from passing into the wrong place inthe body, and thus getting lost and destroyed, aspecial provision is necessary. Hence we find in allthese a uterus o
Size: 1823px × 1370px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidtruemanhoodm, bookyear1888
